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Back to the future with Rubalcaba

Spain’s Socialists have chosen a veteran of two previous governments as their new leader. Given this baggage, his challenge is to show he can come up with new ideas.

February 5th, 2012 | Posted in Iberoblog | Read More »

Spain’s Socialists will get a new leader, but will they get new ideas?

Chacon and Rubalcaba

The Socialist Party holds its primary this weekend. But while the campaign ahead of the vote has been laden with intrigue, we still don’t know what the two rival candidates stand for.

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Featured, Latest, Spain | Read More »

Spain’s Socialists don’t know where to turn

Carme Chacón

A disastrous 2011 has left the Socialist Party divided and defeated. A party convention is looming, but it’s unlikely to resolve some major problems.

December 27th, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Latest, Politics, Spain | Read More »

Who will be in charge for Rajoy’s great Spanish clean-up?

Mariano Rajoy

The prime minister-elect’s priorities are clear: restoring confidence in the Spanish economy and cutting the jobless line. But how he plans to go about these tasks remains a mystery, and it’s quite possible that the EU’s decision-makers will end up playing a major role.

November 28th, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Politics, Spain | Read More »

Rajoy vs The Washington Post

Rajoy insists he is a moderate in the interview.

The man almost certain to win the upcoming election is refreshingly open in an interview with the US newspaper and in which he discusses Spain’s economy, its politics and his own image. His message: Trust me, I’m an ultra-confident moderate.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Iberoblog | Read More »

How history will judge Zapatero

Zapatero: not feeling so lucky anymore...

Many will remember Spain’s socialist prime minister for his mishandling of the economic crisis. But his legacy in other areas – particularly social reform – is substantial.

October 27th, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Politics, Spain | Read More »

Flamenco, Aznar and good behaviour: Gaddafi’s Spanish visit

Horses for courses: José María Aznar with Gaddafi in 2007.

When the Libyan leader came to Spain in 2007, there were fears he would severely embarrass the Socialist government. But while Zapatero faced criticism for welcoming Gaddafi, the guest created more of a stir with his personal quirks than his public comments.

October 24th, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Latest, Politics, Spain, Wikileaks | Read More »

The end of ETA violence offers Spain’s cynical politicos a fresh start

The end is nigh for ETA.

The Basque terrorist group’s announcement that it has ended its campaign of violence should end four decades of division and tragedy. But it also represents an opportunity for the country’s politicians to start showing some badly needed statesmanship.

October 21st, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Iberoblog | Read More »

Ahead of election, Spain’s next prime minister leaves everyone guessing

A 21-percent jobless rate is one of the obvious weaknesses of the Spanish economy.

Usually when voters go to the polls they have an idea about competing politicians’ policies, and only a vague idea about which of them is going to win. But when Spaniards vote in early elections in one month’s time, they will know, almost for sure, who will win, though they’ve got only the faintest clue as to what that might mean.

October 19th, 2011 | Posted in Business, Featured, Latest, Spain | Read More »

Moldovan rage over Spain’s “ineffective approach” to separatism

Read all about it: news spreads in the Moldovan capital Chisinau. Photo: OSCE / Igor Schimbator.

The Zapatero government faced withering criticism as it attempted to resolve a diplomatic spat over Eastern European separatism, according to documents released by Wikileaks.

September 26th, 2011 | Posted in Politics, Spain, Wikileaks | Read More »

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