A railway crisis and placating a construction sector on its nails, the challenges of Cuerpo after the ‘Bridge era’
The Vice-President takes over at Transport with the urgency to apply safety reforms to high speed and make decisions on Adif's top team, but also with public works contracts in imbalance due to the Ormuz crisis
The Spanish rail sector is in turmoil following a fatal accident in Urda, Toledo, which is the second deadly incident on the Madrid-Sevilla high-speed line in 10 months. Carlos Cuerpo has taken over as Transport Minister from Óscar Puente, who resigned. The rail workers' unions, including Semaf, which represents train drivers, are angry and demanding that agreements made in February to improve maintenance and staffing be implemented.
Semaf has called a strike for November 10 and 12, and its secretary general, Diego Martín, says that previous promises have not been fulfilled.
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