Spain files more petitions to European Parliament than any other member State
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 @ 1:29 PM
RESIDENTS in Spain present the most proposals to European Parliament's Petitions Committee, mostly about humanitarian and environmental issues.
According to the Committee, Spain is the largest output country for petitions, which come just as often from Spaniards as from foreigners, although in terms of nationalities, the Germans present the most – 264 in 2017 – followed by the Italians, at 236.
Petitions from Spain, from applicants of all nationalities, totalled 211 last year, European Parliament says.
These mainly relate to environmental issues – including a case currently being read by the Committee on a sewage leak from a residential complex into a protected marsh in the northern Alicante province – plus human rights, justice and the future of the European Union and its citizens.
Petitions from Spain by Brits and Spaniards alike about issues concerning Brexit have been some of the most frequent in the last two-and-a-half years, as British nationals living in Europe and Europeans living in the UK wait to find out whether their rights will be curtailed in any way after the end of March next year.
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