The PSOE and Sumar parties have agreed this Tuesday to promote the creation of a joint Congress-Senate commission on insularity, in order to give State visibility to the needs and particularities of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.
The agreement was closed in the Congress of Deputies within the framework of the creation of a total of 23 ordinary commissions, of which eight are non-legislative and three are mixed, the PSOE said in a statement.
The deputy for the province of Las Palmas Dolores Corujo has pointed out that, taking into account that in the legislature that begins "the plurality of the territories will have an important role", the two parties have understood "the interest of creating this commission, given the specificities of these territories".
"To publicize the singularities of the archipelagos, to debate and to be able to delve deeper into them, is very relevant for both the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands", added the deputy from Lanzarote.
The autonomous senator of the PSOE Canarias, José Antonio Valbuena, has also highlighted the importance of having this commission since "the geographical reality decisively marks our day to day" with "social, economic, environmental specificities, etc., that require an independent analysis".
"The characteristics of the island territories require their own spaces for debate so that the differences with the peninsula are perceived", added Valbuena.
In this joint commission, still open to the support of the rest of the political formations, experts, members of the Government as well as European and regional representatives will have the opportunity to intervene, and both deputies and senators will be able to participate in it.
The Congress will create a permanent joint commission on insularity
María Dolores Corujo explained that the Commission will serve to "publicize and discuss the singularities of the archipelagos"
November 29 2023 (15:09 WET)
