Overview
- Cristina Narbona told Murcia’s regional assembly she never cut Tajo‑Segura flows during 2004–2008 and said her tenure gave the transfer legal certainty and greater water security.
- She asserted the European Commission effectively halted the proposed Ebro transfer, noting it was not revived under Mariano Rajoy, while Vox countered that Brussels had not ruled on its financing.
- Narbona warned that declining precipitation linked to climate change will limit future transfers and urged multi‑year planning, desalination and water reuse.
- PSOE deputies praised her as a visionary who helped protect crops and jobs through desalination and regeneration, whereas the PP called her approach ideological and harmful to Murcia’s farm sector.
- The day’s exchanges underscored wider regional tensions, as Valencia’s PP leader criticized the national government over perceived preferences that leave southeastern agriculture short of transfer water.