(29 Apr 2025)
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Lisbon, Portugal – 29 April 2025
1. Portugal’s Prime Minister Luis Montenegro entering room
2. Mid of Montenegro
3. Close of Portuguese and European union flags
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luis Montenegro, Portuguese Prime Minister:
“The country is, from the point of view of the energy supply, is powered as regularly, all of the 6.4 million customers of electricity are being supplied. The system is working from national production.”
5. Wide of press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luis Montenegro, Portuguese Prime Minister:
“It is thus also important that, amidst a less favorable expectation that was mentioned yesterday regarding our dependence from Spain, to know that the issue that was caused has not to do with our lack of capability of production and supply of power but rather with the connection.”
7. Close of camera
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luis Montenegro, Portuguese Prime Minister:
“From the point of view of essential services, such as water supply, they are almost fully operational across the country with few exceptions. Train transportation, metro are still recovering from the constraints caused yesterday, the same with the aerial transport and ports operation, and the Humber Delgado airport (Lisbon airport) is the one with greater needs for recovery.”
9. Wide of press conference
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luis Montenegro, Portuguese Prime Minister:
“We will request to the European Union agency for cooperation and energy regulation for an independent enquiry into the electrical systems of the affected countries, so that we can fully determine the causes behind this situation. We need urgent and quick answers, from our part we will not limit efforts in seeking clarification for the Portuguese in the face of a serious issue that has not been originated in Portugal.”
11. Various of press conference
STORYLINE:
The Portuguese prime minister Luis Montenegro called for an EU inquiry into the widespread blackout which brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday.
"We need urgent and quick answers," said Montenegro in a press conference on Tuesday.
"From our part we will not limit efforts in seeking clarification for the Portuguese in the face of a serious issue that has not been originated in Portugal," he added, claiming that the cause of the blackout was not due to his country’s "lack of capability of production and supply of power", but rather with the connection with Spain.
The Portuguese government said early Tuesday that power had been restored to all 6.4 million customers.
Portuguese power distributor REN said electrical substations across the country were all working again by 11.30 p.m. local time Monday.
It called the blackout “absolutely exceptional.”
Suburban trains reportedly were running normally, and the Lisbon subway said it was gradually resuming services.
Power had almost fully returned to Spain early Tuesday morning as well but many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts across Spain and Portugal.
AP video shot by Helena Alves
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