The Grifols center in Andorra has just denounced Strasbourg
Updated: 12.30.2022 5:35 p.m.
More controversy over the macrolaboratory of grifols in Andorra. The immunology research center of the multinational blood products will end up sued before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. A businessman and councilor will take it to court, warning that the investment will be “unsafe” and that it has a special procedure from the Pyrenean government that has violated fundamental rights.
This, the protection of their liberties and those of the rest of the citizens, is what the mayor of X’Ordino will seek Enric Dolsa in his brief to the pan-European court. The mayor has confirmed a Global Chronicle that it will denounce the project to the continental court, which also has jurisdiction in Andorra as the micro-state is a member country of the Council of Europe and a nation that has ratified the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (ECHR).
For the project
The intention of the elected and director continues to be to get the agreements between the Pyrenean Executive and grifols. With that, dolsa he hopes to get the development plan halted pending a broader debate on it.
Before, the Court of Batlles –equivalent to a high Court of Justice— and the constitutional Court of Andorra ruled out the councilor’s appeal. This reiterates that an elected position has the legitimacy to go to the judicial instances, and exhaust them, in the path of protecting their rights.
opposition
The resources of the businessman and politician are based on citizen opposition to investment. The contrary have collected thousands of signatures against the projectsince they argue that it will lack the necessary safety standards, that it will cause an impact on the environment and that it is not necessary in the country.
Likewise, opponents recall that the urban plan has been carried out in a hurry and that the arrival of grifols Andorra has benefits promised by the Government that take the form of tailored suit.
They gave him the land
Indeed, the Executive Javier Espot it will contribute around 200,000 euros per year to the Andorran subsidiary of the Spanish multinational; he has ceded the land to him and has advanced juicy tax benefits. It has also declared the work of National Interest.
Given this, many citizens disfigure the cabinet of spot that it has taken little care in attracting an investment for which it Andorra it is not trained by infrastructures or capacity to respond to a possible incident.