Strasbourg, 14/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, has opened an inquiry into whether the European Commission acted within its legal authority by not pursuing the Spanish authorities for their decision to authorise the development of an industrial harbour in Granadilla, on the island of Tenerife (Spain).
The Ombudsman has received around 5,000 complaints about this matter, the largest ever mass mailing to his office. In view of the large number of...