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"Telecommunications are at a critical moment and phones must be used responsibly," this is the message of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who spoke to reporters in the last few minutes.
In a statement to the media, Sánchez said there is still no definitive information on the causes of the power outages that have affected various parts of the country. He assured citizens that there is currently no threat to public safety.
The Prime Minister also emphasized that payment systems and digital banking are functioning normally, allaying concerns about the potential impact on daily life.
Sánchez also announced that the National Security Council will hold another meeting later in the day to consider further measures.
Sánchez confirmed that three regions have asked the Executive to activate the National Emergency Plan 3, which includes, among other things, the presence of the Army on the streets to guarantee safety. These are the Community of Madrid, Andalusia and Extremadura.
"The government has accepted your request and will take over its management and will do the same with others who wish to do so. He also assured that the competent public administrations have implemented protocols to help those affected. The priority is to work so that we can return to normality as soon as possible ," he said.
Portugal's Prime Minister said there were no indications that the outage was caused by a cyberattack. Luis Montenegro added that they would try to restore the situation in the coming hours and expect a resolution today.
On the other hand, the country's network operator said just a few minutes ago that it could take a week for full normalization.
Meanwhile, Spain and Portugal continue to be in chaos. Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona and Porto are among the cities affected by the power outage.
According to the Spanish operator, "Red Electrica", power has been restored in some parts of the country.
In an update distributed minutes ago, the Spanish grid operator said substations have been restored in parts of the north, south and west.
As is known, airports and flights have been affected by the disruption. Spanish media reports that Eurocontrol has warned that there will be an "impact on departures and arrivals at several airports, including Lisbon, Barcelona and Madrid."
Spain's nuclear safety council has said that all seven of the country's nuclear reactors are safe.
Four of them stopped functioning automatically as soon as the power outage hit, after which emergency generators were brought in.
The other three reactors were not operating at the time, but emergency generators were turned on anyway to keep them in a safe state, the council added.
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