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...But between 2012 and 2014 the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy diluted and withdrew the incentives as Spain sought to shore up public finances in the midst of an economic crisis....
...Javier Rodriguez, a former PP voter, said at an election rally in Madrid on Sunday night that he was tired of the former governing party’s corruption and its soft approach to Catalonia....
...He took power in June last year after ousting centre-right premier Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote....
...The Socialists have presided over a minority government since ousting Mariano Rajoy’s People’s party in a confidence vote last year but called snap elections in February after failing to pass a budget....
...The Catalan parties had helped bring Mr Sánchez to power last June, when he ousted former PP prime minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote....
...Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s prime minister, said Ms Cifuentes had “done what she had to do”. “Her resignation was required in this situation....
...In the mid-2000s, the last Socialist prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero had a cabinet that was 50 per cent women....
...For the Socialist opposition leader to succeed Mariano Rajoy so suddenly seemed scarcely plausible....
...The motion was supported by all political parties except the ruling Popular party of Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister....
...And there is a risk that, even if the Popular party manages to get Mariano Rajoy reappointed, many of its policies will be mortgaged by the Socialists,” he said....
...TVE and its news programmes stand accused of blatantly favouring the government of Mariano Rajoy and his ruling Popular party, while sidelining opposition voices....
...On the same day, the government sought to regain the initiative, with Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, making a surprise visit to the Carlos III hospital....
...Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, said Botín was “a great ambassador for ‘Brand Spain’”....
...Both the government of Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s prime minister, and his predecessor José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, have been criticised by Spanish scientists for scaling back research budgets as part of a drive...
...Mariano Rajoy, prime minister, insists he is open to dialogue but that the right of self-determination is proscribed by a constitution that consecrates the indissoluble unity of Spain....
...His Ellerstina teammates are his older brother Gonzalito, also a 10-goaler; his younger brother Nicolás who has a nine-goal handicap; and his nine-goal brother-in-law Mariano Aguerre....
...Silvia Rodríguez, a Madrid-based sociologist, argues that Spain’s tightly knit family culture, and the social support networks it provides, is linked to a collective memory of harder times during the civil...
...Mr Llorente was first appointed to his role in April 2004, shortly after Socialist leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero came to power....
...“The other guy [José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the former socialist premier] did wrong but this one [Rajoy] is ruining the country,” says Fernando Pascual Peuida, a 55-year-old retiree....
...For the government of Mariano Rajoy, elected only eight months ago with an absolute majority, it must be uncomfortable to have demonstrators beating pots and pans outside the headquarters of his centre-right...
...“The government [of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero] made their concerns clear over the consequences that Bankia’s failure to list would have for Spain,” said Mr Rato....
...See this tweet from El Mundo’s Pablo Rodriguez to view the front page as printed. Rodriguez adds that de Guindos is supposed to have said: “If you want to force our bailout get ready to spend 500 bln....
...The previous general strike in Spain, called in September 2010 against the Socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for raising the national retirement age, saw 7.5 per cent of all state workers...
...Mariano Rajoy, the Popular party prime minister elected in November with a mandate to reform the economy, said there was “total” normality despite the strike when he arrived at parliament in Madrid....
...These include Angel Acebes, a former interior minister under Mr Aznar, Estanislao Rodriguez-Ponga, Mr Rato’s deputy when he was finance minister, and José Luis Olivas, a party baron who was head of the Valencia...
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