The first vice president of the Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, yesterday warned the Seville City Council that her department “is not going to lend itself” to the decision to “privatize” public space, in reference to the proposal to charge visitors to enter the Plaza de España.
In his account on hours and have a restoration workshop. In the same line of opposition to the plan of Mayor José Luis Sanz (PP), both the Andalusian PSOE and the Government delegation in Andalusia, as well as representatives of hoteliers and the consumer organization Facua, demonstrated yesterday.
The mayor of Seville reiterated his decision yesterday, endorsing co-management with the Government. Sanz assured that it is “impossible” to maintain this monument with the IBI paid by citizens, to which we must add the financing problems that city councils have. Sanz recalled that in 2029 the anniversary of the 1929 Exhibition must be commemorated. According to the City Council’s calculations, 80% of the four million visitors to Seville come to this square and would be asked for between 3 and 4 euros.
The president of the Hotel Association of Seville and the Province, Manuel Cornax, rejected the mayor’s idea: “The payment would cause something in Seville that does not happen anywhere in the world. It cannot become another Venice, where access, without paying, is limited to prevent damage to its historic center due to excessive crowds.”
