The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for a national agreement that will enable a joint and proactive response, from different perspectives, to the new climate reality, as evidenced by the seven storms that have affected Spain in the first 40 days of the year.
Sánchez made these statements during a visit to Huétor Tájar (Granada) to assess the damage caused by the storm, an event in which he reiterated that the government will activate the necessary mechanisms to quantify the damage and activate the recovery and reconstruction of the area. The Prime Minister, who spoke with representatives of farmers and irrigators, interpreted the series of storms as an invitation to reflect.
He called on institutional representatives to unite in order to anticipate such ‘destructive’ storms.
He also highlighted the joint and coordinated work of the administrations and stressed that the series of storms is not over, calling for ‘extreme caution’. He also highlighted the coordinated work of local councils, the Government Delegation and the Regional Government in offering a joint response to protect the lives of residents and provide a perspective for recovery and reconstruction in the face of the destruction caused by the storms that have been battering the country since the beginning of 2026.
Sánchez highlighted that the country has recorded its seventh storm this year. ‘I think this invites reflection on the fact that people are demanding that all political representatives and institutions be united in their response. But I also think it is important that we are united in our diagnosis, in anticipating the responses we can give to such destructive storms,’ he added. He linked this need for anticipation to the ‘great national agreement that Spain needs’ in order to offer a joint response, from an institutional, but also an economic and social point of view, to a climate reality that is different from the traditional one.
‘This requires resources, but it also requires adaptation to a completely new climate reality that often exceeds scientific forecasts and that should bring all administrations together to work jointly,’ she said. Sánchez expressed his empathy with representatives of cooperatives and irrigators and reiterated that, as soon as the storms are over, all mechanisms will be activated to assess the extent of the damage and to be able to tackle reconstruction with the support of all the sectors affected.
He stressed the need to remain on guard because there are still difficult days ahead and asked the general public to obtain information from official sources and verified media and to exercise extreme caution when travelling until the storm has passed. Sánchez applauded the work of public servants, from the local police, national police and Guardia Civil to the Military Emergency Unit (UME), health workers, confederations and the services of the Andalusian Regional Government, and insisted that the government will respond to this crisis and work on reconstruction.