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Protest against the proposed Ley de Costas comes to Empuriabrava.

Following the protests in May this year in nearby Roses, around 600 people in the urbanisation of Castelló d’Empúries came out with placards and whistles at the end of September to demonstrate against the proposed plan to reclaim parts of the local marina that the Spanish government says were built without the necessary authorisations. Affecting up to 3.000 property owners, many of whom are foreigners, the protestors expressed doubt, confusion and anger over the surprise move by the government; as reported in September’s Resident, the authorities at Empuriabrava believed the marina was exempt from the crackdown the government is undertaking due to the terms of its concession. Owners claim that the land under threat is part of their property deeds.

(My opinion)
I totally agree with this protest for many reasons.
I think that it’s very unfair because the government want to change things that are impossible to change now. Because they allowed people to build near the sea, so now they can’t make them take it down.
Because In the past these people had to go to many sites and had to pay a considerable amount. First they went to the town hall, then they had to go to the notary and finally to the land rates.
For example if you have paid for 300 m² of land and paid your taxes, if anyone wants to take any land out now is it fair to pay for something that isn’t yours?
I understand if there is a new law to begin now taking some amount of land near the sea but I don’t understand why taking out land from people who paid for it many years ago and in any case the law should be applied to houses which haven’t been built yet.