Influenced by the Cost of Living

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EL PERIÒDIC EL PERIÒDIC ESCALDES-ENGORDANY @PeriodicAND he increase of the cost of living has become evident over the years and since the Teconomic crisis, in spite of Esther the recovery of jobs, families have been losing purchasing power. RETIRED Just as CRES concluded the last «The different week, the price of housing leads the concern list of the citizens, fo- expenses that I can llowed by the low salaries and the public transport. have from day to day Three aspects that feed off each are the same at my other and that represent the diffi- culties of many citizens to make age as another» ends meet. Carlos, 37 years old, works in the trade sector, lives in Andor- César ra la Vella and earns 1,235 euros SECURITY GUARD monthly. As his job is in the capi- tal, he saves on public transport, «To live in Andorra but he admits that even if her wife also provides a wage, they arrive and much more in at the end of the month «very fair». winter season is a They have two daughters, which cost them between 800 and 1000 little expensive» euros between activities, transport and dining service. «We have no leisure apart from the holidays; Carlos it’s hard for us to make ends meet» TRADE says Carlos, who adds that they pay 600 euros of rent. «It is hard for us to Citizens on the pedestrian crossing of the Union street. In that sense he admits that wa- 33 make ends meet, we ges could be slightly higher even if he highlights the positive charac- from time to time. 250 euros, so the room costs them preneur who saves on public trans- have no leisure and teristics of Andorra, such as «the 500 euros between the two. Both port. « I had clients in Sant Julià but tranquillity». Furthermore, in SHARED ROOM Additionally, Guada- Rocio and Guadalupe say that they I try to avoid going there», she says. it is difficult for us to summer they try to make a break lupe, 27 years/ old, works in the sec- could afford some leisure activities Those who also have to make ef- leave the country. for the Catalan beach and stay the- tor of the hotel industry and restau- with the salary that have but choose forts to make ends meet are the reti- re for at most a week, despite they rant business, she is a temporary to try to save a little. red people. For example, Esther, 66 Maybe in summer control the spending they make. worker and lives in Escaldes -Engor- By other hand, Maria – name that years old, receives a monthly pen- we go out on the «I work 40 hours a week and my dany in a four-room flat. The apart- has been modified to preserve her sion of 500-600 euros. In her case, salary is 1,282 euros» says Cesar, ment has a cost of 1.700 euros, in privacy- is a self-employed person, she lives with her family, but still beach for a week» 40 years old, who works like a secu- which live eight people there. Once she earns about 1300 euros and pays having «medication expenses and rity guard. she arrived here and found the pro- about 450 euros of CAAS feed. She li- cleaning products, clothes do not He lives in an apartment with perty, she decided to share the room ves in a rented studio in Andorra la always last, sometimes they break, Guadalupe his wife and his niece, and betwe- make living expenses more afforda- Vella, for which she pays 545 euros. and you have to buy them new». «My COOKING ASSISTANT en the three they pay 900 euros for ble. Finally, the tenants of this pro- «Depending on the month it is dif- expenses are the same at my age as «I am working right two-bedroom property. That fact perty end up paying 250 euros each ficult. You have to combine the ex- at another» says Esther, who often allows them to share the expenses. one. Individually, they would pay penses with the salary, but someti- goes to the retirement home in Es- now, my boyfriend «To live in Andorra and much mo- about 425. mes it can be tricky, «says Maria, 40 caldes. re in winter season is a little expen- Rocio, Guadalupe friend who al- years old, who explains that her lei- She goes walking because her has not a job, and sive» assures Cesar, he admits that so works in the restaurant business, sure activities are «not very expensi- doctor has recommended her for he- we are living with my he can afford some expenses for claims that she shares a room with ve». «I occasionally go to the cinema alth, which indirectly also saves the his leisure and to make some trips her boyfriend. Each of them pays or to the mountains», says the entre- cost of public transport. salary» H 16 www.elperiodic.ad TUESDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2020 el Periòdic News

Interview The Senior Consul of Escaldes presents his vision of the parish in her first month at the helm of the corporation after the victory on 15-D.

MARICEL BLANCH Gili denies3 the operation of anti-terrorist barriers The senior consul orders to remove fences due to mobility problems and studies to reformulate their structure

EL PERIÒDIC teral damage caused and for its ma- ESCALDES-ENGORDANY nagement. «This is one of the issues @PeriodicAND that is the responsibility of the Go- he implementation of the vernment and that here the Comú anti-terrorist barriers in d’Escaldes gives me the impression the parish of Escaldes-En- that had to let the Government car- Tgordany has had more pro- ry it more», said Gilli. blems than benefits, according to the General-Consul, Rosa Gili. The Social Democratic leader al- The corporation has proceeded so stated that «We have received to remove some of them after com- complaints from Esclades traders plaint from neighbours and merc- who do not understand why anti- hants about the mobility breaches. terrorist barriers are being put in Es- «We received complaints that the- caldes and Andorra la Vella do not». re were two cross streets in Vivand «This has no explanation whatsoe- where barriers did not allow good ver. We are just as exposed to be ter- access» says Gili. rorist attack in Escaldes as in Andor- The chief consul of Escaldes-Engordany, Rosa Gili. Aware of the impairments cau- ra la Vella. And it is not understood sed to people with reduced mobi- that the Comú de Escaldes buys the lity, the corporation has opted to barriers and the Comú de Andorra «remove all those that we thought la Vella has no bought it» added the could be annoying», considering mayor. «I know that in the parish of Esclades that «we cannot deal with a possi- In fact, according to Gili, the sa- ble terrorist attack with protections me day they went into the Comú, that at the same time provoke other «we found out that we had a experi- problems». mental test for Epiphany with many we are a spearhead for the PS» In that sense, the Comú d’Escal- things that were not well studied. des-Engordany is reformulating There were some places where there its structure were no barri- ROSA GILI Senior Consul of Escaldes-Engordany so that the re- ers, others pla- m e d y i s n o t The corporation ced at car park worse than the exits», because EL PERIÒDIC I want all my energy to be realized the Government. disease. «Acces- values beautifying of this the pre- ESCALDES-ENGORDANY in actions for the benefit of Escal- sibility is one barriers with planters, sident of the Es- @PeriodicAND des. –She has been victorious in the last of the things installing billboards, or caldes said that One month after assuming the two election campaigns in Escaldes, we bought into «a proper mobi- post of mayor of Escaldes-Engor- -Does the fact of having experience a Democratic feud. Can this be a tur- the elective pro- adjusting corners lity study was dany, Rosa Gili, analyses the new in the opposition is translated into ning point for a change in ideologi- gram. And the- not performed political course of a parish that se- a greater empathy for the minority cal tendency? refore, we are Gili believes that and some bar- eks to turn around from citizen in the Comú? –We have a challenge in the Comú looking at how the former commons riers were not participation. - I always think that listening to de Escaldes to demonstrate a diffe- to do so that well studied in everyone enriches you. The oppo- rent attitude with citizen participa- barriers do not should have delegated terms of acces- -Eight years on the General Coun- sition has come up with a political tion. I know that we are a spearhe- cause displace- the management of sibility. It was cil and now are starting a stage in project that has been very suppor- ad for the PS, that is, if we do it well ment problems a good idea for the Comú. Apart from the change tive and therefore we will listen to people will want the PS to be more or accidents in anti-terrorist barriers to Christmas to of institutions, it also changes its them; first because they have all at Comú and why not also in the Go- the way they ha- the Government. be operational, role as it goes from opposition to the right in the world and second- vernment. That’s why we may also ve been precon- but it must be management. What Rosa Gili will ly because they can bring positi- be more exposed to the fact that DA ceived». well done». we know from now on? ve things. is more aware of our commonality So, the options that the corpora- «What may not be is that things - I would just say where I was was than many others. tion is evaluating include beauti- are programmed when are not pro- not my space. Some people say yes, –Also, a small line of 10 votes sepa- fying the barriers with planters, ins- perly studied» he concluded. they like being in the opposition rates most minorities ... -Feeling that you will be examining talling billboards to make them mo- On October 4, the Comú of Escal- because it’s easier. I don’t, if I get - True, but I also tell you that if we yourself with the biggest magnifying re visible, or adjusting the corners to des-Engordany approved the award involved I do it thoroughly. And had doubled them for me it would glass for breaking DA’s hegemony in reduce their danger. of these anti-terrorism barriers to the previous election results cau- be exactly the same. If they make a the last election? In this way, the work awarded the Sroppinblock company in the sed me to be in the opposition, but positive contribution we will buy, - I would like to believe that we will by the Democratic corporation led amount of 562,240 euros (on Carle- what I want is to be able to act and it is absurd to think otherwise, and not be harmed by this, on the con- by Trini Marin, has left the current many avenue). and 102,840. Euros that these things will be seen. Now that is what I have seen many ti- trary. In addition, as it is the pa- Consul unhappy, both for the colla- (on Meritxell avenue) I am where I wanted to be, that is, mes in the General Council and rish of the Head of Government, he H TUESDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2020 el Periòdic d’Andorra 17 www.elperiodic.ad

Interview The Senior Consul of Escaldes presents his vision of the parish in her first month at the helm of the corporation after the victory on 15-D. Pages 6 and 7 LLL MARICEL BLANCH 3 sorry about is that this was a pro- efficient. king it a parish attraction? ject that had to be built more with - We want to give the Madriu the va- the public. They were not explained -The helipad project is practically lue it deserves, since during all the- well enough and they were not as- blurred from the Government bud- se years almost nothing has been ked what they think to do with this get. Is it a victory for the parish of Es- done. Sen’s recognized from Unes- transformation in the urban plan- caldes? co and I think sometimes we are not ning. –I do not know about the parish of aware of what we have. There are «Now I am where I Escaldes, but in any case in the area many people for whom Unesco he- Therefore, the leeway will be inside of Les Tresoles. And it has cost them ritage assets are important and mo- wanted to be. I want the limits because there is an urban a lot. The location was inadequa- ve accordingly. If we want quality plan adopted for six years. Therefo- te in relation to all the proposals. tourism, because it is environmen- all my energy to be re, it was adopted in 2018, no ma- It was a very inaccessible location, tally friendly, we are interested in realized in actions jor changes can be made until 2024. very expensive, with FEDA just be- it. We really have to believe and sig- However, there are some issues whe- low it ... a lot of people were aware of nal the area so that everyone knows for the benefit of re the ordinary may have a certain it and it was very difficult for the Go- where we are. Escaldes » discretion and analyse if we are in- vernment to see it. terested in reducing any tax depen- –Gili and Marsol. Will there be more ding on whether we want to move –There have been complaints about competitiveness between Andorra «I would like to to rented apartments or social flats. the dirt on the streets. What cleaning and Escaldes in the next four years? –However, housing is one of the nu- protocols are following the Comú? - The competition should be held in believe that we will cleus of the PS, if they aspire to af- –I think we need to look at the we- other tourist destinations. Here we not be harmed, but fect more… ather of the last days, that is, befo- have the ski resorts and with the he- - Yes, housing is a very important re the last snowfall. We had a very ritage that we have to do is that the we are exposed concern and it is one of the issues long dry period where it didn’t rain. people who go to Catalonia, Fran- because DA is where we will devote more energy. And when it rains it helps to clear ce or the Alps come here. I am mo- We want to quickly establish the the dirt from the streets. And what re interested in how to bring these more aware of our housing stock to become a helpful our technicians told us is that de- people from afar than to take tho- commonality than tool for people looking for a flat and pending on how thoroughly you cle- se from Andorra la Vella and come those who have a property to offer. an, with the time of the year we are to Escaldes. We need to take a more others» And then we’re financially analy- in, it can cause us to clean very well global view of this and federate for- sing what we can do with our re- but then freeze and cause accidents. ces with the rest of the commons «I would like to sources to see if we should buy land I think sometimes it has to be a litt- because in the end we want the co- and why not build it. le more understandable. We have untry to go well. I am not interested clarify the Law on good professionals and they do the in nourishing a rivalry between An- –Will the Comú take the role of a real best they can, and sometimes there dorra and Escaldes because I would Powers. From the estate agent? are factors, like meteorology, that find it quite absurd. I will not be General Council - A little yes, although we would make this more complicated. watching all day what Andorra do- not want to intervene against anyo- es to know what I have done. What I I already had the ne. In fact, we also want real estate - What are your goals for attracting want is to know where I want Escal- feeling that there agents who have property in Escal- tourism to the Madriu Valley and ma- des, which is far up. des to collaborate with us. Maybe H MARICEL BLANCH were doubts » from the housing stock we could get The chief consul of Escaldes-Engordany, Rosa Gili. in touch with the different parties. –We have changed the approach –The Government intends to allo- to the special relationship charges cate 4.5 million for housing exclu- that have been in all these years. The- sively for social use. They have be- re were people who had been there «I know that in the parish of Esclades en contacted for the transfer of land, for many years, some doing techni- as with the Comú of Andorra la Vella? cal work, and I think the common -Today the Government has not co- people in the background did them me to see us yet to make a proposal. a favour, because they left them We have a meeting planned and I we are a spearhead for the PS» with precarious jobs. When you ha- don’t know if they will expose this ve a job that is a special relationship to us. It should also be said that Ms. position, you have to know that the Marsol repeats the mandate and day the person who set you up lea- there may be things that she has ves, you too. In the case of those pe- said before. ople who had technical jobs, they must, like us, want the best for the had to analyse their situation well parish. I hope we have a good dispo- - What are the pressing things you and see if the job really needed to sition for Escaldes to do well, as in would like to address in this mee- be edited and that the person had a the other parishes. - Political chan- ting? definitive job. And I’m sorry for the ge is also translating it into changes - Well, housing would obviously be people who changed their employ- in the staff of the commons. How one of them. Then there are topics ment situation, but now the team are you channeling this process? - It that I would like to clarify the com- I have surrounded me with are pe- gives me the impression that when petences. From the General Council ople of my confidence who are well there are many years of the same po- I already had the feeling that there qualified and have a lot of experien- litical group with the same people is sometimes a bit of doubt and since. We have a vocation to go far and there are some voices that take hold. ce we arrived here we have noticed to be very ambitious for Escaldes. And I think that is not good. We are some things that are not clear. just arriving with new energy and -You speak of ambition but also as- questioning quite a few things that - Which ones? sume dossiers with acquired com- were done so far by inertia. It is the –The subject of protection of peo- mitments. What is the leeway of the same to me that something is done ple, for example. It has given us the Comú in relation to the construction in a certain way so that it has always impression that the Comú is some- of the Clot d’Emprivat? been done. If they do not contribute, times called upon to intervene in so- - Principally, there are not too many. then we will change them. I think it me things that I am not clear that it The only thing you can do together is good that there is a political chan- is we who must act. Coming with a with the Government technicians is ge in this community after so many background from the General Co- to make sure everything fits in with years because we are just wanting uncil has allowed me to work a lot the project you started. What we to shake things up in a positive way. on the Law on Powers of the Comus would like is that it is still a very nice and I wish I could talk about it. Then place for Escaldes with free spaces -In relation to special relationship I wish we could work together on and green area, although we know charges, it emphasizes that spen- energy issues, because we want our that they are private land. What I’m ding has been reduced by 25% ... public buildings to be more energy Rosa Gili in the Prat del Roure. 18 www.elperiodic.ad TUESDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2020 el Periòdicel Periòdic d’Andorra News

BASKETBALL LEAGUE ENDESA Victory3 with suffering The MoraBanc sweats but it ends up taking the duel against the Students after a final reaction

ACB PHOTO / ALBERT MARTÍN MORABANC 9 6 MOV. ESTUDIANTES 56 MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Sy 9 Pressey 9 Massenat 9 Scrubb 9 Walker 6 Kadji 7 Senglin 5 Avramovic 10 Musli 8 Arteaga 7 Tyson 7 Dangubic 12 Hannah 7 Palacios 6 Krampelj 0 Sow 0 Todorivc 7 Vicedo 0 Diagne 6 Douglas 5 Jelínek 8

Coach Coach Ibon Navarro Javier Zamora Partial: 23-14. 18-22, 14-13, 14-16 3Referees: J. A. Martín, M. Caballero and V. Martínez 3Center: Sports Center of Andorra 3Attendance: 3.974 spectators. 3

EL PERIÒDIC ANDORRA LA VELLA @mlopezegea M o r a B a n c w o n M o v i s - tar Estudian- tes yesterday by 69 to 65 in a game where they did not shine and had to suffer, especially at the end of the duel, in which the tricolours went from more to less, although in the last moment they knew how to react and provided the energy needed to ac- hieve the victory. Before the game started, a touching minute of silen- ce was saved from the tragic death of Kobe Bryant. The MoraBanc suffered in the first minutes and saw the Students score ten points in the first two minutes of the game. With the passa- Bandja Sy and Tyson Pérez celebrate a crucial basket during the duel against Movistar Estudiantes. ge of minutes, the tricolours trai- 33 led and reduced that first distance, ACB PHOTO / ALBERT MARTÍN making a very tough defense that Navarro were able to hurt the visi- allowed them to tie after the loose that’s how the league goes tors and increase the differences, start. Thus, the Andorrans mana- although the Students did not want ged to get ahead after David Walker BASKETBALL to go home with a new defeat to the flew in and destroyed the basket. competition, so they reduced the LEAGUE ENDESA 20TH JOURNEY Then again, it was Frantz Massenat distances again until a draw. Dejan who led the team. Two consecutive Monbus Obradoiro-BAXI Manresa 97-83 Todorovic was in charge as well as three-pointers from the Andorrans Casademont Saragossa-UCAM Múrcia 80-70 Diagne, who returned to the track. Unicaja-Kirolbet Baskònia 82-72 gave them six interesting points. In Reial Madrid-Club Joventut Badalona 83-86 In the first line, the Andorrans ma- addition, two minutes before the Coosur Real Betis-San Pablo Burgos 79-66 naged to recover, so they went in- fourth quarter ended, Moussa Di- MoraBanc Andorra- Movistar Estudiantes 69-65 to the last quarter with a score of agne re-dressed the Andorran shirt Iberostar Tenerife-Barça 83-87 55 to 49. after two months off due to an in- València Basket Club-RETAbet Bilbao 78-81 Therefore, in the last quarter Montakit Fuenlabrada-Herbalife Gran Canària Suspès jury. The result in the first quarter they had to work hard to avoid a Classification was 23-14. J G P PF PC DIF defeat in front of the penultimate The second ten minutes led to a 1. Barça 20 16 4 1.800 1.641 159 qualifier in the ACB. But the visitors much more focused Student whi- 2. Reial Madrid 20 15 5 1.711 1.531 180 repeated the pattern of the previ- Clevin Hannah al Poliesportiu, ahir. le the Andorrans watched as Diag- 3. Casademont Saragossa 20 15 5 1.677 1.546 131 ous quarters, so that the Students 4. Iberostar Tenerife 20 13 7 1.648 1.571 77 33 ne was suffering from the discom- again reduced the distances until 5. MoraBanc Andorra 20 12 8 1.630 1.579 51 fort. At that moment, the visitors 6. RETAbet Bilbao Basket 20 12 8 1.630 1.660 -30 they were ahead. Andorrans did suffered again as they took anot- 7. Unicaja 20 11 9 1.543 1.526 17 not want to suffer a brutal discon- the dressing room her step forward and, as a result, 8.València Basket Club 20 10 10 1.701 1.568 133 nect again. With five minutes to go, the match was leveled. But tho- 9. San Pablo Burgos 20 10 10 1.592 1.606 -14 the game had to start again because IBON NAVARRO minutes we have had energy and se who support Morabanc players 10. Herbalife Gran Canària 19 9 10 1.553 1.569 -16 the score was tied at 59. But Douglas we have understood what we ha- 11. Kirolbet Baskònia 20 9 11 1.670 1.667 3 MORABANC COACH ve to do. « «It is one of the wins did not look down. Circling the ball 12. Club Joventut Badalona 20 9 11 1.685 1.746 -61 and Dagubic scored from the triple and being strong on the rebound, 13. Monbus Obradoiro 20 9 11 1.619 1.707 -88 line and put up a six-point differen- «You have to win that can be important at the end of being able to run and work under 14. BAXI Manresa 20 8 12 1.610 1.700 -90 ce that forced Ibon Navarro stop- when you don’t the season,» he added. «You have the basket, they managed to go to 15. UCAM Múrcia CB 20 6 14 1.614 1.686 -72 ped the game, helping them to re- to win when you don’t play well,» halftime with a score of 41 to 36, af- 16. Coosur Reial Betis 20 6 14 1.553 1.644 -91 match the electronics afterwards. play well» he said, remembering that «we 17. Movistar Estudiantes 20 5 15 1.476 1.615 -139 didn’t feel comfortable.» «We con- ter making a very good last minu- 18. Montakit Fuenlabrada 19 4 15 1.469 1.619 -150 Finally, Tyson Perez was a magnani- te and knowingly imposing a mo- mous man who shone in the last mi- Coach Ibon Navarro said yesterday trolled the game but we were not ment of mental weakness. The se- nute of the game, taking full advan- that «we are very happy because successful. We won with charac- cond half started with very strong tage of the rivals’ mistakes, which it is a game we need to win, alt- ter but not with the game we wan- defenses and little success on both helped the MoraBanc to take the le- hough we have not played as well ted, «he acknowledged and empha- sides. Afterwards, the men of Ibon ad and add another victory. as we would like. In the last five sized that» Diagne is still not well.» H