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Pedro Sánchez vows to investigate crash that killed 69 people – and rebuild public confidence
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has admitted “trust in high-speed rail has been broken” after Wednesday’s train collision that killed at least 69 people, injured more than 100 and prompted a national debate on the safety of the country’s rail network.
Sánchez said Spain was “working tirelessly” to provide information as quickly as possible to the families of the victims – who include people from at least 23 different foreign countries – adding his government was committed to finding what had caused the country’s second deadly train collision this year.
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© Photograph: Óscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images
Pedro Sánchez vows to investigate crash that killed 69 people – and rebuild public confidence
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has admitted “trust in high-speed rail has been broken” after Wednesday’s train collision that killed at least 69 people, injured more than 100 and prompted a national debate on the safety of the country’s rail network.
Sánchez said Spain was “working tirelessly” to provide information as quickly as possible to the families of the victims – who include people from at least 23 different foreign countries – adding his government was committed to finding what had caused the country’s second deadly train collision this year.
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© Photograph: Óscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images
© Photograph: Óscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images
Some 69 people have been confirmed dead but the toll may rise further, with at least 70 people reported missing
Peunte begins by paying tribute to all affected by the incident.
He says that “at present, evidence points to a failure within Adif’s command and control centre,” but adds that investigators are still looking “to clarify what exactly happened.” He says he still has confidence in the system.
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Peunte begins by paying tribute to all affected by the incident.
He says that “at present, evidence points to a failure within Adif’s command and control centre,” but adds that investigators are still looking “to clarify what exactly happened.” He says he still has confidence in the system.
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© Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP
© Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP
© Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP
Next month’s poll no longer the contest it was, as Pedro Sánchez finds himself forced to defend government’s safety record
One of the most dependable cliches of contemporary Spanish politics is that it never pays to bet against Pedro Sánchez. Time and time again – as leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) and as prime minister – Sánchez has shown an almost preternatural ability to profit from adversity, and to confound expectations and wrongfoot his opponents.
But next month’s snap general election, called by Sánchez after rightwing and far-right parties voted down the housing reforms his coalition government had announced in response to angry protests, may suddenly not be the contest it once was.
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© Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock
© Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock
Next month’s poll no longer the contest it was, as Pedro Sánchez finds himself forced to defend government’s safety record
One of the most dependable cliches of contemporary Spanish politics is that it never pays to bet against Pedro Sánchez. Time and time again – as leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) and as prime minister – Sánchez has shown an almost preternatural ability to profit from adversity, and to confound expectations and wrongfoot his opponents.
But next month’s snap general election, called by Sánchez after rightwing and far-right parties voted down the housing reforms his coalition government had announced in response to angry protests, may suddenly not be the contest it once was.
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© Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock
© Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock
© Photograph: Sergio R Moreno/GTRES/Shutterstock
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