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...“It’s important for the PSOE to show that it can compete in elections and win and that the PP is on the wane,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a politics professor at the University of Málaga....
...In response, the then centre-right Spanish government led by Mariano Rajoy used emergency constitutional measures to take direct control of the Catalan regional administration, sacking the government and...
...“The scandal instils some doubt about the credibility of the new generation of PP leaders,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a professor of political science at the University of Málaga....
...In prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s ruling Popular party (PP), fears are growing that if this political quagmire continues it risks damaging the party in the polls, destabilising a crucial budget negotiation...
...Manuel Arias Maldonado, professor of political science at the University of Málaga, said it made clear that Spain was “not going to give up” in defending the country and its constitution, which describes...
...You’re still in time to prevent worse evils,” threatened Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy. “It was never legal or legitimate … now it’s just an impossible fantasy,” he said....
...Mariano Rajoy is not the most expressive of politicians, but no one should be surprised if he enters parliament on Saturday with a broad grin on his face....
...The main beneficiary of the turmoil inside the PSOE is likely to be the party’s historic rival on the right: the Popular party of Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister....
...What you have is a clash of identities rather than just policies,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a political scientist at the University of Málaga....
...Then Mariano Rajoy finally comes to the point. “The top priority in Spain during this term and the next is economic growth and job creation . . ....
...The government of Mariano Rajoy was under pressure both at home and abroad to play a more active role in resolving the crisis....
...He would much rather talk about the economy,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a political scientist at the University of Málaga....
...“No neo-Nazis that I’ve noticed, but quite a lot of pagans and sun-worshippers.” Then I met a taxi driver....
...This is basically a rehearsal for next year,” said Mr Arias Maldonado....
...“They don’t know which way to go, so they are going nowhere,” says Mr Arias Maldonado....
...As an avid football supporter, Mariano Rajoy knows well that one should never draw conclusions about a match at half-time....
...Already rattled by Spain’s deep recession and soaring unemployment, the centre-right government of Mariano Rajoy is now stoking fresh political controversy with a plan to roll back the country’s liberal...
...So they helped legitimise the nationalist discourse – and now they are suffering the consequences,” argues Manuel Arias Maldonado, a lecturer in political science at the University of Malaga....
...Mariano Rajoy, the uncharismatic PP prime minister, and Luis de Guindos, his economy minister, had long denied the need for help but took pains not to appear chastened in televised public appearances aimed...
...The glum faces at the Popular party’s headquarters in Madrid and Seville on Sunday night said it all: despite opinion polls predicting the opposite, the Spanish centre-right party led by Mariano Rajoy, prime...
...For Mariano Rajoy, his centre-right successor, it has taken less than four months for the doubts to materialise....
...Opinion polls suggest that Mariano Rajoy, the uncharismatic but competent leader of the resurgent party, is certain to be the next prime minister....
...One son, Mariano, is a weaver. “But I may well have to leave the country when I get married,” he says. “To make some real money.”...
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