Under the terms of an amicable settlement facilitated by the European Commission that was announced on Tuesday 21 February, Spain has pledged to suspend its plans to store nuclear waste at Almaraz near its border with Portugal to allow consultation to take place between Madrid and Lisbon.
In return, Portugal has agreed to withdraw its complaint submitted to the Commission on 16 January following Spain’s decision at the end of December 2016 to approve construction of a nuclear waste...