Spain, engulfed in darkness, began to draw electricity from the African country.

28.04.2025 23:50

Spain, one of the five countries in Europe experiencing power outages, has not yet fully resolved the crisis. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that electricity has been restored to some regions in the north and south of Spain with the support of France and Morocco.

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The Spanish Ministry of the Interior announced that a state of emergency has been declared following a power outage affecting a large part of the country. The ministry stated that the status of the state of emergency will be applied in the regions that request it. So far, Madrid, Andalusia, and Extremadura have requested the central government to take over public order and other functions due to the outages.

POWER IS BEING SUPPLIED GRADUALLY IN SPAIN

The Spanish electricity grid operator Red Electrica reported that electricity has started to be supplied to some regions of Catalonia, Aragon, the Basque Country, Galicia, Asturias, Navarre, Castile and Leon, Extremadura, Andalusia, and La Rioja, stating that electricity will be gradually provided to other regions as well.

MOROCCO AND FRANCE PROVIDED "ELECTRICITY" SUPPORT

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated in a press release that the cause of the power outage is still unknown and warned the public against speculation. Sanchez expressed that thanks to the assistance from France and Morocco, electricity has been restored to some regions in northern and southern Spain, urging the public to only trust statements made through official channels.

In Portugal, traffic lights across the country were affected by the outage, and the metro was shut down in the capital Lisbon and Porto. In Lisbon, card payments could not be made, and Portuguese airlines urged passengers with flights not to travel to airports. The Portuguese airline TAP Air warned passengers not to go to airports until further notice.

There were short-term power outages in some regions of France. The French electricity grid operator RTE announced that temporary power outages occurred in some regions of France following the outages in Spain and Portugal, without providing details on the extent of the outages. RTE's statement noted that electricity was restored in France after the short-term outage.