04 Aug 2008 7:42 AM:

It is time to stop this nonsense of trying to work within a system that is unfair and take a new tack completely. The current situation has been caused by the greed of the Spanish government. They have turned a blind eye to irregularities because they need foreign money to prop up what is essentially a failing economy, low productivity virtually no manufacturing industry to speak of and with the town halls relying on construction for their income. European Governments must now protect their citizens form the institutionalised scam that is Spain. All moneys that have been paid by foreigners and not guaranteed by banks must be underwritten by the Spanish government; after all it is an offence under Spanish law not to provide such guarantees. However it seems that not doing so is no problem as their appears to be no sanctions, nobody goes to prison. So everybody involved needs to contact their MP and pressure him of her to raise the question parliament. To insist that pressure is bought to bear on Spain to ensure British people who have done nothing wrong are protected from losses that are essentially sanctioned by the government.

Thread: Another building giant crisis hits Costa Blanca

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02 Jun 2008 9:37 PM:

It is time to stop messing about and take action against the Spanish government on the question of bank guarantees, illegal builds and state and local corruption. All EU citizens have a right to expect the governments of member states to enforce their own laws, especially when not to do so is to the determent of citizens of other member states It is illegal in Spain to sell of plan without providing guarantees; it is illegal in Spain to sell property on land you don’t own. It is illegal in Spain to build urbanisation without proper planning permissions. The fact is that these things happen regularly. The responsibility for this rests fairly and squarely on the shoulders of the Spanish government. The European courts need to take a hand in protecting Eu citizens from the short comings of a middle age system of administration, corruption the and abuse of human rights. So let’s put the blame where it truly belongs not on the agents, not on the developers, not on the banks but on the government which stands ideally by while these abuses happen

Thread: What is the situation if promised bank guarantees were not obtained?

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