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- 6d ago
Pilar Bernabé to head PSOE's Valencia list for 29 November general election
Valencia's government delegate will be first on the Socialist list for Congress in the 29 November general election, with Finance Minister Arcadi España second and PSOE organisation secretary Rebeca Torró third.
- Sep 26
Valencia flood victims stage first Alicante protest demanding prison for Carlos Mazón
Associations representing victims of the October 2024 floods in Valencia demonstrated outside the Casa de las Brujas in Alicante on Saturday, demanding the removal of former regional president Carlos Mazón's legal immunity and calling for his imprisonment over 232 deaths.
- Sep 22
Pérez Llorca meets Tellado in Madrid as PP delays 2027 Valencian ticket nomination
Valencian President Juanfran Pérez Llorca met PP Secretary General Miguel Tellado in Madrid without securing his official nomination for the 2027 regional elections.
- Sep 21
Carlos Mazón refuses to answer Spanish Congress inquiry into 2024 Valencia floods
Former Valencian regional president Carlos Mazón declined to answer lawmakers' questions during his second appearance before a congressional inquiry into the October 2024 disaster that left 232 dead.
- Jul 23
Valencia approves 'national priority' welfare rule and tax cuts for top earners in omnibus law
The PP-Vox majority in Les Corts voted through a fiscal and administrative package on 31 July 2026 that embeds 'national priority' criteria into social benefits and public housing, while raising the wealth-tax exemption to 2 million euros and shaving income-tax rates for earners above 100,000 euros.
- Jul 9
WhatsApp messages show Valencia officials' responses during deadly 2024 Dana: 'There will be many dead'
Court documents show then-president Carlos Mazón told Valencia's mayor there would be 'many dead, dozens for sure' hours after the alert, while a councilor joked about the emergency SMS.
- Jul 8
Valencia mayor testifies she had no political contact during DANA emergency and was never told about the mass alert
María José Catalá told a judge she first spoke to former regional president Carlos Mazón at 23:13 via WhatsApp, hours after flooding began, and that nobody informed her the ES-Alert was being prepared.
- Jun 20
Feijóo avoids backing Pérez Llorca as Valencia’s PP candidate while demanding early elections
The PP national leader addresses 1,300 supporters in Sueca but declines to confirm Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca as the party’s candidate for the Valencian regional government, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.
- Jun 15
Valencia mayor Catalá confirms Generalitat gave no flood warning, blames predecessor's flood plan in Congress testimony
María José Catalá told the Congressional dana commission that the Valencian regional government failed to notify municipalities of the impending flood, and that the city's flood action plan (drafted under a previous administration) did not anticipate flooding in the affected neighbourhoods.
- Jun 11
WhatsApp messages show Valencian president Mazón disengaged from flood crisis after 8:53 am, while 230 died
A WhatsApp group of the Valencian government shows Carlos Mazón gave instructions at 8:17 am to 'flood the media with data' and never engaged again after 8:53 am, while the October 2024 floods killed 230 people.
- May 30
Valencia flood victims march again demanding former president Mazón's resignation and an end to his parliamentary immunity
Nineteen months after catastrophic floods killed 230 people, victims' associations marched through Valencia on Saturday demanding former regional president Carlos Mazón give up his parliamentary seat and face justice.
