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On Monday the president of Murcia's government, Fernando López Miras, wrote a letter to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, urging him to convene a meeting to discuss the Mar Menor.

Mr Miras and his political allies said the regional government did not have the power to take action.

But Spain's minister for the ecological transition, Teresa Ribera, said she would "address this issue personally" with Mr Miras when she visited the area on Wednesday.

Pedí ir a otro equipo, y luego miras a tu alrededor y ves que hay otras personas que lo han hecho y han tenido éxito.

In southeastern Murcia, where the two parties also have a coalition, Ciudadanos sided with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists in bringing a no-confidence motion against regional leader Fernando Lopez Miras of the PP.