A great project:
Eurociudad
Badajoz and the
Portuguese city of Elvas
signed a cooperation
protocol to create
Eurociudad with the aim of
having an attractive region
for investment and for
creating jobs for its citizens.
The financial newspaper Expansión and
FCC Aqualia organised a breakfast mee-
ting entitled “Eurociudad: New solutions for
new challenges” at the Miguel Ángel Hotel in
Madrid with the participation of Francisco J.
Fragoso and Nuno Mocinha, the mayors of
Badajoz and Elvas, respectively.
Félix Parra, the managing director of FCC
Aqualia, which manages the end-to-end
water cycle in both cities, was in charge of
presenting the two mayors who described
the Eurociudad project.
Thanks to the cooperation agreement, the
two cities have formed a single territory with
a population of more than one million. This
situation, according to Francisco J. Fragoso,
mayor of Badajoz, “already existed because
citizens of both sides of the borders have
wanted it before this agreement was signed,
but now we are taking specific steps”.
The aim of this initiative is to encourage and
attract investment in order to create emplo-
yment. The mayor of Elvas, Nuno Mocinha,
highlighted that they are already cooperating
in issues such as the cultural heritage, but
now they will be promoting the search for
synergies in other sectors, such as water,
electricity, and other areas. For this, he said,
improving communications and developing
a logistics platform, already underway, will
be essential.
Both mayors stressed that Eurociudad is
already a space for entrepreneurship, inno-
vation, and consumption, and contributes
to strengthening the ties between Spain and
Portugal.
In the photo above, from left to right: Eduardo González, chairman of
FCC Aqualia; Nuno Mocinha, mayor of Elvas (Portugal); Félix Parra,
managing director of FCC Aqualia; Francisco J. Fragoso, mayor of
Badajoz, and the coordinator of the event from the newspaper Ex-
pansión.
Félix Parra, managing director of FCC Aqualia, at the opening of the event,
presenting the two mayors.
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