Major power outages plunged more than 60 million people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France into chaos on Monday morning. The internet and mobile phones went dead, traffic systems came to a grinding halt, and homes and business were left without electricity. We are still in the dark about the cause. Commentators draw their own conclusions.

El País (ES)
Diário de Notícias (PT)
The Daily Telegraph (GB)
eldiario.es (ES)
Eesti Päevaleht (EE)
El Periódico de Catalunya (ES)

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