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Spanish government tables law to 'change economic model'

... de la Vega described the package as "very ambitious," while conservative opposition leader Mariano Rajoy accused the government of making endless "announcements" which "only make things worse."The law was to be discussed by political parties and social and economic partners before being submitted to parliament. The government also wants to make the labour market more flexible, with...

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1STLEAD:Somali pirates expected to release Spanish ship crew

... the two were set free. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero informed opposition leader Mariano Rajoy about the "possible release" of the fishermen. A government crisis team was holding a meeting in Madrid while Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Maritime Minister Elena Espinosa were meeting Somali Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke in Rome. The Alakrana was seized on October...

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Spain: a foregone conclusion

... 2010 Budget was thrown out by nine votes. In the opinion of newspapers not dominated by the PSOE, Mariano Rajoy, president of the Popular Party effectively destroyed Elena Salgado in the Budget Debate. This should have been good news for the PP, but according to Salgado, in one of her many replies (replicas) after the Rajoy battering, it was just machismo. Thus she played the...

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Bribery row hinders Spain opposition

A messy bribery scandal with high-profile casualties is dividing Spain's centre-right opposition Popular party and undermining Mariano Rajoy, its leader, as a...

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Scandal holds back Spain opposition

A messy bribery scandal with high-profile casualties is dividing the centre-right Popular party and undermining Mariano Rajoy, its leader, as a potential future prime minister