“Teresa Ribera leaves a disastrous legacy for the interests of the Region of Murcia, whose decisions have been marked by ideological sectarianism more than by the common good,” indicates the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Sara Rubira, after learning that the Minister for The Ecological Transition will leave the Government to head the PSOE list for the European elections. On the contrary, ANSE considers that the work carried out by Teresa Ribera in the Mar Menor has been “enormously positive.”
Sara Rubira points out that Teresa Ribera's political testament “includes the permanent attack on the Tajo-Segura Transfer, from the moment she took possession, the modification of ecological flows, the aggravating Tajo Plan or the current reform of the exploitation rules . All this with the objective of putting an end to the agriculture of the Region of Murcia and the Levant, whom she has permanently demonized.
The counselor maintains that since Ribera became minister in 2018, “up to 26 times she has decided to cut the Transfer against the technical criteria, so we can assure that the minister has meant that the Region of Murcia will receive 189 cubic hectometers.” less than what he should and deserved.
For his part, the general secretary of the Murcian socialists, José Vélez, described the news as “good.” “During his time in the Government of Spain, and together with the PSRM, we have responded, even beyond the powers of Pedro Sánchez's Executive, to some of the main problems of the Region such as the Mar Menor or water.”
Regarding the Mar Menor, Vélez highlighted the preparation of the Framework of Priority Actions, “which establishes the roadmap and actions to resolve the problem of the lagoon at source, recover it and guarantee sustainable development in its environment.” He also highlighted the “unprecedented” investment for the recovery of the Mar Menor.
In terms of water, Vélez emphasized that Ribera has offered “solutions to the problems of our autonomous community.” It has allocated more than 3,000 million euros to increase desalination capacity and interconnect desalination plants and reduce the cost of desalinated water through photovoltaic plants, among others.
“I am sure that Teresa Ribera will continue to defend social justice in climate policies and the development of renewable energies as drivers of the success of the European Union,” Vélez added.
Irrigators: “Animosity to Transfer”
The president of the Transfer Irrigators' Union, Lucas Jiménez, describes Teresa Ribera as “authoritarian and partial in decision-making, at least those related to the Transfer. Her animosity towards the infrastructure made her destroy the work of her collaborators in planning matters, resulting in the main news of Spanish planning being the lack of coordination between two of her plans, that of Segura and that of the Tagus. She ministers with great intellectual potential but in matters of water she put slogans before technique. And that's how it went for us.
The Minister of the Environment, Universities, Research and Mar Menor, Juan María Vázquez, is confident that after the departure of the minister “we will continue to advance in the coordination between administrations for the recovery and conservation of the Mar Menor, even more so after the effort made in the last months from the government of the autonomous community for this coordination to occur.
It indicates that environmental projects “very important for the Region, such as the regeneration of Portmán Bay or the execution of essential measures for the recovery of the Mar Menor included in the zero discharge plan, remain to be executed. From the Government of the Region of Murcia we hope that the investment commitment announced for the Mar Menor is not reduced and that with its departure to Brussels some of the European investments that were lost can be recovered.
ANSE: “An enormously positive job”
The ANSE spokesperson, Pedro García, emphasizes that the work carried out by Teresa Ribera and her team during these years “has been enormously positive in the application of measures related to the conservation of biodiversity or adaptation and much against climate change at the level national, but it can be described as extraordinarily positive in what has to do with the search for solutions for some of the major environmental problems of the Region of Murcia that are not the exclusive responsibility of the State, as has happened with the Mar Menor.
He highlights that in this matter the role of Teresa Ribera “has been key to advancing the availability of sufficient means in entities such as the CHS for the identification of some of the problems of non-compliance with international regulations, such as nitrate contamination and the identification of illegal irrigation, among others, and the search and application of measures to end these problems at their source.
ANSE points out that the creation of the Mar Menor Office, with a team associated with it, and the Action Program for the Recovery of the lagoon, the periodic visits to report on the work carried out, and the promotion of participation “have demonstrated a degree of involvement with very few precedents from other ministry officials in the past. In her relationship with ANSE, Teresa Ribera immediately responded to our call to stop the deterioration of the Mar Menor and work with all administrations and affected sectors to find solutions, without excluding anyone.
Pedro García expresses his confidence that European environmental policies will win with the presence of Teresa Ribera in Brussels, and we hope that whoever takes the reins of Miteco will be able to continue the good work developed during these years, and in our immediate area continue with the commitments acquired for the recovery of the Mar Menor and its surroundings, and unblock other major problems pending solution, such as the recovery of Portmán bay among others.
UPA: «In the Region its policies have been controversial»
Marcos Alarcón, general secretary of UPA, considers that “the decision that Teresa Ribera heads the PSOE list for the elections to the European Parliament seems to me to be a coherent position on the part of the PSOE, to the extent that both at the state level and in The European and international political proposals aimed at achieving more sustainable production and energy models have occupied a very prominent position. With this proposal, it can be assumed that the PSOE will want to take advantage of the prestige and recognition obtained by Teresa Ribera in the EU throughout the process of designing actions and implementing measures adopted by the energy crisis derived from the conflict in Ukraine to promote her appointment as Commissioner. of Energy in the next European Commission.
The general secretary of UPA adds that “in the Region of Murcia it is evident that its policies have been controversial, especially with regard to the approval of basin hydrological plans and the management of the Tajo-Segura Transfer, as well as regarding the environmental crisis of the Mar Menor; matter in which, however, it is worth crediting him for having redirected the confrontation with the regional government to the current framework of collaboration in the actions.
Francisca Baraza: «Ribera is an added value. Leave the Mar Menor and the framework of actions consolidated and strengthened»
Francisca Baraza.
The announcement of the departure to Brussels of the third vice president of the Government, Teresa Ribera, was known in the middle of the celebration of the symposium organized by her Ministry on the Mar Menor in Cartagena. Ribera is the mother of the latest state plan promoted to seek the recovery of the Mar Menor with an investment that amounts to 765 million euros until 2026. She visited the salt lagoon last week, for the last time as minister, to explain the progress of the project achieved. in recent months. Francisca Baraca, Commissioner of the Water Cycle and Ecosystem Restoration and right-hand woman in Murcia of the now socialist candidate for the European elections, emphasizes that she is “an added value” and that her “solvency, commitment and involvement in all issues “It makes me be on the front line.” The former leader of the Commonwealth of the Canales del Tabilla believes that President Pedro Sánchez and the party have recognized this. «Wherever it is, it will benefit us; be it in the Mar Menor or in water, energy or climate change policies. “He has things very clear, his commitment leads him to bet on a green and transition agenda.” Baraza points out that the still minister leaves an “important legacy”, with a Mar Menor and its framework of actions “quite strengthened and consolidated”: “It is already unstoppable, it has two years of experience and a marked roadmap,” she guarantees.
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