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FCC sponsors
breakfast
with Francina
Armengol,
president
FraFrancina Armengol, president of the Balearic Islands Government during her speech.
From left to right: Jordi Payet, María González Veracruz, Félix Parra, Francina Armengol, Cesar
Chiva, Miquel Iceta and Santiago Lafuente.
Armengol played the key role at the informa-
tion breakfast organised with the collabora-
tion of FCC Medio Ambiente y FCC Aqua-
lia. The Group’s representative at this event
were Jordi Payet, managing director of FCC
Medio Ambiente, and Santiago Lafuente,
manager in Spain of FCC Aqualia. Several
politicians were also present at the breakfast
event.
Organized on 7 July in Madrid, the event,
enjoyed broad media coverage and a large
many people participated. Francina Armen-
gol, president of the Balearic Islands Gover-
nment, Jordi Payet and Santiago Lafuente,
as well as María González Veracruz, member
of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and secretary
of Science, Online Participation and Politics
and congressional representative, and César
Chivas, the director of the Executive Forum,
in charge of organising the event sat at the
presidential table. Current politics were the
main subject of the breakfast event that re-
ceived wide media coverage. In her speech,
González Veracruz wagered on financing
of the autonomous governments that was
more just and on Armengol’s management.
Armengol, on her part, made several headli-
nes in national as well as local politics.
The FCC Group has a large presence in the
islands both in water management as well
as in environmental services, and operates
in cities such as Palma de Mallorca, Marra-
txí, Llucmajor, Ciutadella, Maó and Sant An-
toni de Portmany, and its commitment dates
back to more than 30 years.
Armengol was accompanied by: Miquel Ice-
ta, Secretary General of the Catalan Socialist
Party (PSC); Manuel de la Rocha, secretary
of the economy of the Socialist Party (PSOE);
the senator and former president of the Ba-
learic Islands Francesc Antich; the mayor of
San Josep, Pep Marí Ribas; the mayor of
San Antoni, José Tur; and Montserrat Gar-
cía, councilwoman for the Environment of
the Eivissa City Council.
of the Balearic Island regional government