He Council of Europe has resolved against Spain after the neighbors of the Royal Canyon have remained during more than four years without electricitysurviving in extremely precarious conditions.
As reported The Countrythere are 1,500 days without supply for more than 4,500 people who have not been able to enjoy what is now a privilege for them: warm your home in winter and combat high summer temperatures. So much so, that the European Committee of Social Rights has ruled against Spain for failing to comply with European Social Chartersince the truth is that the necessary measures have not been promoted to put an end to this circumstance.
The demand from various organizations, among which is Workers Commissionsis what motivated this cause in the European body, an entity totally unrelated to the EU institutions. Although this claim was carried out in 2022, when the inhabitants of the sector VI de la Cañada had already been without electricity for a year and a halfit is now that the direct violation by Spain of eight fundamental rights has been recognized, such as the right to housingthe social health protectionof the povertyof the family and the childhoodas well as the right to elderly or disabled peopleamong other provisions.
In reality, the bad situation of these Madrid residents goes beyond not being able to use electrical appliances such as a fan or stove. According to some statements, many of these citizens had to eat cold food, shower with ice water and even wear dirty clothes, in poor condition, in the absence of supplies. Many children were also violated your educational rightsgiven the difficulty of keeping up with the pace of classes due to the lack of Internet.
The main solution that the residents of La Cañada used consisted of the use of candles or bonfirestemporary and, above all, dangerous remedies that obviously did not put an end to the real problem and that, furthermore, led to various incidents such as fires.
Yes ok Naturgythe company in charge of electricity in this place, was the one who carried out the power cuts on the grounds that the lines were overloaded as a result of illegal connections, the Council of Europe has ruled that the responsibility for the precariousness of these people goes beyond the acts of the electrical entity and the municipalities in question, in the case of a conflict that affects the Spanish State. From the point of view of the resolution, it was this institution that should be responsible for stopping this lack of supplies.
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