Boletín OEG de Prensa, nº 238

Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones

Nº 238, 16 de octubre, 2015

European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin
#238 (16 October 2015)
 
"On Ireland’s ‘Disenfranchised’ Expat Voters", The Wall Street Journal, 16 | 10 | 2015 - Reportaje (Naomi Powell)
As populations become more mobile and interconnected, a growing number of countries are grappling with how to include expatriates in the electoral process. Bulgaria will hold a referendum later this month on whether to introduce an electronic system that would allow emigrants to vote from abroad. The recently elected British government has promised to scrap a 15-year limitation on voting rights for expats. Conversely, a July decision by the Ontario Court of Appeals in Canada upheld restrictions that impose a five-year limit. The issue of expat voting has drawn particular attention in Ireland, (...) where limits on external voting are unusually severe.
 
"UK pension reform boosts Costa sales", Costa News, 15 | 10 | 2015 - Noticia
New regulations allowing Britons to cash in their pension pots and use the money for whatever they like has sparked a property sales boom on the Costa Blanca.
 
"Cameron's EU referendum unsettles some British expatriates in the Spanish sun", Reuters, 12 | 10 | 2015 - Reportaje (Sarah Young)
...the implications of a referendum on EU membership ... are troubling some of the 800,000 Britons who have made Spain their home. ... The biggest worry for many is likely to be healthcare. About 35 percent of the British residents officially registered in Spain are over 65. UK pensioners registered as residents in Spain have free access to healthcare under a reciprocal EU deal, and without it, some couldn't stay because they couldn't afford to pay for it. ... There is also a risk to the level of the state pension should the UK drop out of the EU. Outside the bloc, in countries like Australia, the government has frozen the level of state payouts for retired Britons.
 
"Ni una pega a la solución para casas alegales", La Voz de Almería, 09 | 10 | 2015 - Noticia
Miles de viviendas alegales están más cerca de normalizar su situación urbanística tras el paso del proyecto para modificar la Ley Urbanística de Andalucía (LOUA) por el Parlamento andaluz. ... tras la primera lectura del Proyecto de Ley “ninguno de los partidos políticos presentó una enmienda a la totalidad del proyecto... La presidenta de AUAN, Maura Hillen, ha reconocido que fue “un día emocionante” aunque advierte que ahora “el texto irá a la Comisión de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio...”.
 
El presidente del Partido Popular de Mijas ... ha anunciado que está trabajando con la vicepresidenta segunda del Parlamento de Andalucía, Esperanza Oña, para abordar juntos y reavivar el “viejo e insoportable problema de las viviendas irregulares en Mijas”.
 
...la senadora del Partido Popular de La Rioja ... ha indicado ... Además ... "corrigió el turismo sanitario..."