This week, the Congress approved the formation of two investigative commissions aimed at examining the power outage that left Spain and Portugal without electricity on the twenty eighth of April. One initiative, requested by the Popular Party (PP), received one hundred and eighty votes in favour while the other, backed by the Socialist Party and Sumar, garnered one hundred and seventy-five. The split has highlighted divisions within the political landscape, with various parties questioning the sincerity of the inquiries.

Idoia Sagastizabal from the PNV lamented the lack of consensus on the issue, while ERC’s Teresa Jordá expressed doubts about the true intentions behind the commissions. The PP’s Guillermo Mariscal argued that understanding the events leading to the blackout is essential for public accountability, pushing for testimonies from key figures including former Minister Teresa Ribera.

On the other hand, Socialist deputy Cristina Narbona deemed the situation unprecedented, underscoring the peculiar nature of having two commissions tackling the same event. She suggested that the PP focus on the Senate’s commission instead, which has already received backing. Meanwhile, the aim remains clear: to identify the causes of the outage and prevent future occurrences.

In response to allegations that the power outage stemmed from experiments with renewable energies, Minister Sara Aagesen firmly denied these claims, labelling them as misinformation. She emphasised the importance of ongoing investigations to establish facts responsibly, asserting that the outage was not a product of renewable energy policies as suggested by critics.