Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday announced almost 2.3 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in new aid for Spain’s flood-stricken region and defended his government’s handling of the deadly disaster last month.
The European country is still reeling from the October 29 floods which killed at least 230 people according to the latest official toll, washing away roads and destroying homes and businesses.
The disaster prompted widespread fury at elected leaders over their handling of the crisis which mainly affected the eastern region of Valencia.
Under Spain’s decentralised state, regions are in charge of disaster management, but the events have triggered a blame game between Sanchez’s leftist administration and the conservative regional government of Valencia.
“The question is whether the Spanish government has fulfilled its responsibilities and the answer is that it has done so,” Sanchez told parliament.
“It has done so from the outset and continues to do so and …