US EditionA year on, leader of Spain's Valencia region resigns over deadly floods
- On November 3, 2025, Valencian regional president Carlos Maz�n announced his resignation at the Palau de la Generalitat after a year of protests over the October 29, 2024 floods that killed 229 people.
- Public opinion and protests forced the issue, with 75% of Valencians opposing Maz�n's continuation and the October 25 protest drew more than 50,000 demonstrators demanding his resignation.
- The regional emergency response is under scrutiny for sending phone alerts after inundation and delayed warnings; Mazán spent nearly four hours having lunch with journalist Maribel Vilaplana while floods unfolded, and she later testified.
- Legal and legislative probes are intensifying, with an investigating judge in Valencia examining possible reckless homicide and negligence, while a congressional inquiry in Madrid continues; Maz�n remains a regional lawmaker retaining immunity and no interim successor has been named.
- Maz�n publicly blamed Spain's Socialist-led central government and AEMET for failing to warn sufficiently, while analysts say his unpopularity became a liability for the Popular Party and Alberto N��ez Feij�o.
169 Articles
169 Articles
A year after the floods caused by the DANA (insulated depression at high levels) in Valencia, the tragedy ended up drowning a presidency: that of the head of the Spanish region, Carlos Mazón, of the right-wing Popular Party (PP), who announced this Monday his resignation after a year of harsh criticism for his management of the catastrophe that caused 229 deaths in the municipality in the east of Spain. “I can no longer,” confessed the now “pres…
The President of the Valencian Regional Government in Spain, Mazon, has declared his resignation.
Spain’s Valencia Leader Resigns Over Handling Of Deadly 2024 Floods
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief MADRID (Worthy News) – The aftermath of Spain’s worst flooding in recent memory became clearer Monday as Valencia’s regional president, Carlos Mazón, resigned after enduring months of political and public backlash over his handling of the 2024 floods that killed more than 200 people. “I can’t go on anymore,” Mazón said in an emotional address at the Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana, the seat of…
Consumed during the tribute to the victims of the disaster of October 2024, the Conservative president presented his resignation on Monday, for lack of party support.
When Carlos Mazón, president of the Valencian Generalitat and leader of the Regional People's Party (PP), presented himself before the press this morning at nine o'clock, he chose solemn words: "To carry on this work requires a force that neither I nor my family have any more." But behind the dramatic tone and the attempt to defend himself, his resignation marks the epilogue of a political and moral crisis that had been inundating for months. Ma…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
