The Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Milagros Tolón, has confirmed this Friday that she will be present, together with the First Vice President of the Government and minister for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Carlos Cuerpo, at the funeral for the 69 people who died in the Urda (Toledo) train accident, a ceremony that will take place at the Cathedral of Toledo on November 10.
The confirmation was made by Milagros Tolón herself when responding to journalists during a media briefing in the course of a visit to the School of Art in Talavera de la Reina.
"We will be there, the First Vice President and I as minister," Tolón said, stressing that the central Government will be "represented as it always has been."
A day earlier, this Thursday, the minister had already said that representatives of the Government of Spain would attend, although then she clarified that it had not yet been closed "which staff is going to come."
The funeral, which will be officiated by the Archbishop of Toledo, will also bring together King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, the five bishops of Castilla-La Mancha and the president of the Episcopal Conference, Luis Javier Argüello. The presence of PP leader and candidate for President of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has also been announced.
Visit to the School of Art in Talavera
On another matter, during her visit to the School of Art, accompanied by the Education delegate of the Junta in the province of Toledo, José Gutiérrez, the minister highlighted the educational reforms promoted by the Executive, especially emphasizing "the Vocational Training Law" and "also the Law on Artistic Education."
Milagros Tolón stressed that Spain has become "a benchmark within vocational training, not only in Europe, but throughout the world" and she recalled that there are currently "more than 1,200,000 students studying vocational training."