The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Water, Livestock and Fisheries, Miguel Barrachina, the Regional Minister of Finance, Ruth Merino, the President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, the Regional Minister of Health, Marciano Gómez and the Regional Minister of Innovation, Nuria Montes, after the announcement of VOX's break with the PP, at the Palau de la Generalitat, on July 12, 2024, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). Carlos Mazón has dismissed the first vice-president and councilor of Culture, Vicente Barrera, and the heads of Agriculture, José Luis Aguirre, and Justice, Elisa Núñez, without waiting for their resignation, following the decision announced yesterday, July 11, by the leader of VOX, Santiago Abascal, that the vice-presidents of four autonomous communities will resign from their posts, and that they will go from governing in coalition to exercising a "loyal and forceful" opposition. Rober Solsona / Europa Press 07/12/2024 (Europa Press via AP)