The proposal to rezone lands near the huge Donana National Park in the southern Andalusia region comes amid a prolonged drought and it has drawn the ire of Brussels.
If it becomes law, roughly 2,000 hectares near the park and its endangered wetlands will be declared irrigable. Defenders of the proposal argue it will help farmers who missed out during a previous regularisation of farms in the area in 2014 under a Socialist government. "We can't complain that there is no water, about the drought, and at the same time promise water that doesn't exist."
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