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Carlos Cuerpo takes over Transport after Óscar Puente resigns

Carlos Cuerpo, First Vice President and Economy Minister, will take over Transport and Sustainable Mobility after Óscar Puente resigned in Congress while…

--- The context --- Spain faces a change at Transport just weeks before the general election on 29 November. Óscar Puente is leaving the Government after appearing over the rail accident at Urda, in Toledo, and Pedro Sánchez has chosen an internal replacement. --- The facts --- Carlos Cuerpo, First Vice President and Minister for Economy, Trade and Business, will take over Transport and Sustainable Mobility following Puente's resignation. Sánchez announced the move in an institutional appearance at the Moncloa Palace. Cuerpo will run the ministry until the appointment of the new Government arising from the election. --- The positions --- Puente announced his resignation at his appearance this Tuesday before the Permanent Deputation of Congress, convened to report on the Urda accident, in which 69 people died. He also gave up leading the PSOE candidacy. He arrived three years ago, in November 2023, when he took over from Raquel Sánchez. --- What remains unknown --- No details have been given on how the ministry will be organised during the transition or what steps will follow the parliamentary appearance on Urda. --- Unanswered questions --- How will Cuerpo divide his time between Economy and Transport until the new Government? Which urgent decisions will the ministry take before the election? What effect will Puente's withdrawal have on the PSOE candidacy? --- EPM analysis --- The handover concentrates continuity in a central figure of the executive and avoids leaving a sensitive portfolio vacant after a rail tragedy and during the electoral calendar. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, entrusting Transport to Carlos Cuerpo is a continuity solution that prioritises the Government's stability in decisive weeks. The First Vice President takes on a portfolio shaken by the Urda accident and by the departure of its holder after three years. His transitional management will be judged by whether the ministry keeps working and whether parliamentary accountability does not lose momentum.
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