Villalux Javea New 18.06.19
The PRESIDENT of the Valencia region Ximo Puig – who's been returned to power for another four years – has named his new government, where there is a bigger role for Alicante politicians – with one regional department being moved to Alicante city.
Priorities include ‘bringing an end to gender violence’; ‘fighting climate change and moving towards a rational ecological transition’; as well as securing fair funding for the Valencia region.
Meanwhile, the new PP mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has announced a temporary freeze on fines for violators of measures aimed at reducing vehicle emissions in the downtown area.
The anti-pollution initiative, known as Madrid Central, was introduced last November by his predecessor Manuela Carmena, and was instrumental in sparing Spain legal action by the European Commission. At that point, the Spanish capital had been exceeding European pollution thresholds for nearly a decade.
But Almeida made a campaign promise to scrap the scheme if he became the city’s new leader, and wants to go back to an earlier traffic-restriction system based on priority for residents established by former mayor Ana Botella.