Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asked support from the European Union to assist Spain recover from what he called “the most serious flooding that our continent has seen so far this century.” “We are in communication with the European Commission and that we have begun the procedures to request aid from the European Solidarity Fund and the use of other community support resources from the European Union,” Sánchez said during a news conference in Madrid. The devastating floods so far have claimed the lives of 211 people. Sanchez’s government is expected to approve a ‘state of catastrophe’ on…