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Valencia leader resigns amid pressure over floods
Bangkok Post
|November 05, 2025
The heavily criticised leader of Spain’s Valencia region announced his resignation on Monday after a year of pressure over his handling of 2024 floods, the country’s deadliest in decades.
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But Carlos Mazon sparked fresh anger for the manner of his announcement, which triggered another round of recrimination within Spain's political class over the disaster.
“The reality is that today I am the focus of criticism, noise, hatred and tension,’ Mr Mazon said in a televised address. “I can’t go on any more?”
This story is from the November 05, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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