The spokesperson for PSN at Pamplona City HallMarina Curiel, said this Thursday that coexistence and access to housing in the city will be the central axes of the city’s policies. municipal group at the Consistory for this new political course. In addition, he communicated that they are open to the demolition of the War Memorial.
At a press conference, Curiel said that new stage at the municipal council with “enthusiasm and strength” and “we will continue to be indispensable in municipal politics and we do so with the conviction that coexistence must be one of the central axes of our action”. “At a time when polarization and hate speech threaten to erode our social fabric, PSN We reaffirm our commitment to a Pamplona inclusive, accessible and sustainable” he said.
Curiel explained that access to housing is also a major challenge for this municipal group, “one of the biggest problems of the population of Pamplona”, and advocated for the promotion of Municipal Affordable Housing Plan.
“In the face of the right-wing speculative model, we support housing as a right and propose a progressive, realistic and effective political response in cooperation with the Government of Navarre” he said.
The War Memorial in the debate
The spokesperson for the socialist group announced that at the next plenary session he would propose the convening of a Coexistence table in the old city“with the participation of all key stakeholders, representatives of the tourism sector, neighbors, the hotel sector, commerce, cultural entities and public administrations.” “It must be a space for dialogue, a space for collaboration aimed at working together to find balanced solutions,” he said, to affirm that “we want a city where all neighborhoods have the same opportunities.”
Curiel added that from PSN They will also work to promote local commerce because “local commerce is the heart of our neighborhoods.” And he also advocated for “close collaboration with the Government of Navarre.” “The harmony we have achieved is proof that when institutions work together, the results are beneficial for citizens,” he commented, adding that “we come from years in which the UPN has dedicated itself to constantly confronting the government, losing many opportunities for the common good.
Regarding the budgets for 2025, Marina Curiel said that in her approval the PSN will be “decisive and more demanding”. “In the 2024 budget, the wounds of the past have been closed due to the lack of management of the previous government team led by the UPN, which condemned Pamplona to years of prolonged accounts or losses in the municipal coffers,” he stressed, to indicate that they are making proposals and approaches. “It will be a budget project to ensure continuity and give continuity to the important projects of the city,” he stressed.
He mentioned War memorialand defended that it not be demolished and “reclaim this public space occupied by a building of Francoist importance.” “The radical change of meaning must be oriented towards the diffusion of the universal values of peace, coexistence, democratic memory and defense of human rights,” he said, and he considered it “necessary to agree on a process led by the City Council that concludes with the delivery of this public space to the city.” “The dunlock this space and resignify it“, he said, to affirm that “we are not closed to opening a new competition of ideas.”We are not closed to the demolition of part of the building“, but not everything, it must be re-signified and a significant boost given to this budget project,” he insisted.
Curiel said that the Socialist Party is “strong” and “is presented as a real alternative within the Pamplona City Council, which we want to lead because when socialists lead governments, citizens advance and obtain social rights and equal opportunities.”
