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Nearly two weeks after the flash floods in Valencia, which left over 200 dead and many still missing, several municipalities are struggling to return to some sort of normality (Photo: INESE SPS)

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How Spanish conservatives tried to blow up the next EU Commission

It is often the cliche that Spain is seen as a 'big EU country' — but with little actual influence in Brussels. But the past couple of days indicate otherwise.

Two weeks ago, when the parliamentary hearings for the new EU commissioners began, few could have expected that the new commission — and the inauguration of its president Ursula von der Leyen — wou...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Nearly two weeks after the flash floods in Valencia, which left over 200 dead and many still missing, several municipalities are struggling to return to some sort of normality (Photo: INESE SPS)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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