The Periodico de Cataluiiia calculates the possible bill now faced by the government as 120,000 million pesetas and says that is all the result of the weakness of the government and that such an additional cost will put pay to the government's plans to reduce the domestic deficit to zero. The press has a new slant on the mad cow care with the news that there is a chance that ears will no longer be allowe to be cut and awarded to bullfighters in the ring. The story is given prominence in El Mundo in particular - which says that drastic rule changes are needed in the bullfight to meet the new EU regulations. EL Mundo's editorial says the prohibition of throwing bull's ears into the crowd is taking the regulations too far. La Vanguardia reports that 7 out of 10 schools in Cataluflia have alread removed it.
Some commentators forecast an increase in the price of shoes as a result.