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...José Luis Ábalos, the minister of public works, said on Sunday that, “it is good for Spanish democracy that there is a strong and responsible conservative party”....
...His possible replacements include Alberto Núñez Feijóo, head of the Galicia region, and Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, the former deputy prime minister....
...“Mexico is a fundamental ally and a friend of Spain,” Luis Videgaray, foreign minister, told a Senate hearing....
...On Sunday, Spain’s economy minister, Luis de Guindos said the economy would grow 2.9 per cent this year, up from the 2.7 per cent previously forecast....
...Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, his deputy prime minister, is professional, well regarded and appears untainted by corruption....
...El País on Thursday published what it claimed were detailed photos of an accounting book belonging to the PP’s former treasurer Luis Bárcenas which appeared to show records of regular payments to Mr Rajoy...
...One is Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s embattled prime minister, the other is Luis Bárcenas, the disgraced former treasurer of Mr Rajoy’s Popular party and the man at the centre of the PP slush fund scandals....
...Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria, deputy prime minister, faced a barrage of questions from journalists on Friday and denied she knew anything about the money or newspaper reports that ex-treasurer Luis Bárcenas...
...Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, deputy prime minister, was moved to deny on Friday that the allegations were damaging confidence in the Rajoy government....
...“This is a crisis budget aimed at emerging from the crisis,” said Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, deputy prime minister....
...However, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria, Spain’s deputy prime minister, repeated the government’s position that it was “absolutely not” considering requesting aid from Brussels to recapitalise the country’s...
...Luis de Guindos, Spain’s finance minister, met with his German counterpart on Wednesday....
...Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, deputy prime minister, travelled to Washington to discuss the issue of recapitalising European banks “without state intervention and without conditions” with US Treasury secretary...
...“This will mark a ‘before’ and ‘after’ in the labour legislation of our country,” said Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, Spain’s deputy prime minister....
...“It’s the beginning of the beginning, the start of a package of structural reforms,” said Ms Sáenz de Santamaría....
...They were reacting to plans announced by Luis de Guindos, Spain’s new economy minister, who said in an FT interview on Wednesday that regional ministers would have to receive prior approval for their budgets...
...Deputy prime minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and economy minister Luis de Guindos unveiled the new pay limits on Friday, the day after Mr de Guindos said banks would be forced to provide an extra €50bn...
...“Our first objective is to achieve healthy public finances, but not at any price,” said Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria, deputy prime minister....
...Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, the opposition Popular party’s parliamentary spokeswoman, heaped scorn on the proposal....
...“The time has come for the government to speak,” Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, PP parliamentary spokeswoman, said in a television interview on Wednesday....
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