El Mundo says they wanted to show they can act in the centre of Madrid - El Pais says the blast was well prepared and marks the start of a new wave of such well prepared incidents. Diario 16 says we are in for one terrorist attack every month from now on. What all the papers agree on is that ETA has a group of people based in the capital. ABC says the ministry of the Interior thinks the group is at least 8 big. The explosion has brought yet more criticism of the PNV Basque Nationalist Party which remains in contact with ETA's political wing.
Most editorials repeat that point today.
La Vanguardia comments in its editorial that a new cease fire now seems as far away as ever. Brussels considers Spanish govt support to its shipbuilders illegal and says the money - 10,000 million pesetas should be returned. The papers all report the latest claim from the pharmacists on the costly waste of out of date medicines. 7,500 million pesetas a year. Many await a comment from the health minister Celia Villalobos.