May. However local ecologists in the area continue to protest and fear that the restarting of the reactor could still prove dangerous to the area. Cepsa and BP have increased their petrol prices at the pumps. Petrol has increased by between 3 and 4 pesetas a litre while diesel prices remain unchanged - for now. Repsol is expected to follow suite as the price of crude continues to increase on the international market. The latest survey from the National Antidrugs Plan has shown an increase in alcohol consumption among the young.
Debate continues in congress on the amendments to be added to the new National Water Plan.
It s now been revealed that water could be taken from the Ebro valley during summer months only in exceptional circumstances and even then only excess water would be used to be distributed elsewhere. The papers generally lead today with that final figure for the number of dead from traffic accidents in Spain over the Easter holiday of 135, but the papers are not in agreement as to what is the cause of the increase over last year. Most think the Traffic Authority is to blame - La Estrella Digital says the Return Operation is a media montage under which the driver is bad and the DGT is good and the roads are excellent. El Mundo thinks the state of the roads is to blame for many of the incidents and also mentions driver ability or training as being lacking. The DGT advertising campaigns instead of shocking - should try to educate drivers on how to act in extreme circumstances, says the paper.