Philippe de Villiers, a senior politician from the French county Vendée said Wednesday, 12 November, that he would file a complaint against Spain concerning the Prestige vessel's break-up.
According to the results of a report released for the first anniversary of the accident, which happened on 19 November 2002, Madrid's actions aggravated the tragedy.\n \nSpain had prevented emergency workers from boarding the vessel until it had been towed out to sea.
Mr de Villiers, whose coun...
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