Influenced by the Cost of Living

www.elperiodic.ad DIMARTS, 10 DE JULIOL DEL 2018 el Periòdic d’Andorra 15 CONEIXEMENT SOBRE d'Andorra L’ÚS DE LES TECNOLOGIES elelENGLISHTema PeriòdicPeriòdic del EDITION dia NewsT U Exx 4 CONCERN ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF THE REAL ESTATES Influenced by the cost of living Citizens of the country explain their situation They admit that the price of housing does and how they do it to make ends meet not correspond to the current wage level 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.

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