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The call for free designation, called on February 21, has been fully covered. With the appointment of these twenty foreign officials, it reinforces some areas such as migration, the Middle East, Schengen Area, Maghreb, Immigration, OSCE or Inter-American affairs. Among the positions that are covered there are fourteen at level 30 -directors and deputy directors-, six at level 29 and two at level 28 -advisors and unit heads-. Two managers for the Gibraltar area Among the 22 new officials there are two who will deal exclusively with matters related to Gibraltar. Both positions, at level 30 and 29 respectively, correspond to the position of deputy director and deputy assistant director of the Gibraltar Affairs Office. José Ignacio Mongé Royo and Alvaro Antonio Díaz Duque will occupy this area .In just two years, the filling carried out by Gibraltar has meant that the Rock has gained 30 percent of its land from the sea, expanding the breakwater built in waters of Spanish sovereignty. Skyscrapers and luxury hotels will rise on this pavement, which will be part of the 'Eastside' macro-complex. The Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, participated this week in the program 'Direct Democracy', on the local channel GBC, to answer questions from citizens about the Rock's current relationship with Spain and the filling projects carried out by the colony in recent years.
Picardo took the opportunity to announce that, in just 26 months since the elections that gave him victory, his Government has increased the size of the landfill area on the Levante side from 76,000 square meters to 96,000 , which represents an increase of Phone Number List almost 30%. Gibraltar repurchased, according to the chief minister himself, the land for 28 million pounds (4 million less than what was originally paid). Now, the reactivation of the 'Eastside' project "could generate almost double this figure." Support from the European Commission Regarding this macro-urban project , Picardo assured that “Gibraltar's strict compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment directive is what has allowed the European Commission to discard the various complaints presented against the 'Eastside' by the Spanish government until now. today". As reported in these pages , the EU Commissioner for the Environment, the Slovenian Jacen Potoknic, assured, in a written response sent to PP MEP Luis de Grandes, that the project did not pose any environmental risk: “The Commission already raised the issue of the 'Eastside' project with the UK authorities in.
An environmental impact assessment was carried out in accordance with Directive 2011/92/EU before granting the project the corresponding implementation authorization ”. [OBJECT]The Commission was informed from London that the procedure provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned Directive had not been launched since “the evaluation concluded that the project, as it was finally authorized, was not going to have a significant transboundary impact on the environment ”. New fillings in the coming weeks After ratifying the viability of the 'Eastside' project, Fabian Picardo focused on accusing Spain of “failing to comply with community regulations” and causing “damage” in Gibraltar. Furthermore, he added that, despite Spanish opposition, his government was going to carry out more landfilling. In this regard, the Chief Minister assured: “I have stated repeatedly that I will not allow the socio-economic development of Gibraltar to be slowed down in any way. That is why more filling work will be carried out shortly on the West side . ” In addition, he announced the construction of a marina and other facilities in the Levante landfill area.