The economy and the students in Valencia lead La Razón today El País headlines that Mariano Rajoy is to ask Brussels shortly for a reduction in the deficit target. The Government want to see a target over 5%, compared to the 4.4% for 2012. The paper says the promised cut of 25 billion will end Continue reading →

The violence at student protests in Valencia leads many of the papers, as does the talks over Greece yesterday. ABC today Público is the only paper to highlight that Greece has accepted giving away sovereignty in order to be rescued. Athens will get the 130 billion € in a blocked account to make sure that Continue reading →

The PP Congress in Sevilla and union protests across the country dominate the front pages. El País today El Mundo headlines that Rajoy has come out in defence ‘of those who are having the worst time’. El Mundo has an interview with Javier Arenas, head of the PP in Andalucía. ‘Society has understood that Rajoy Continue reading →

The fall in the markets leads most of the papers Público today The economy dominates the front pages in Spain today. El Mundo says that the speculators and the doubts about Greece have sunk the banks on the market. El País says the markets have punished Spain despite the hard reforms. The banks suffered the Continue reading →

The economy and the meeting between Rajoy and Rubalcaba at the Moncloa yesterday leads many of the papers. Público today El País headlines that the Eurozone economy has headed into decline with countries in recession. Italy, Holland, Belgium together with Greece and Portugal have seen two consecutive negative quarters. It notes the USA is recovering Continue reading →

The economy dominates the front pages today ABC today El Mundo headlines another turn of the screw in the EU demands on Rajoy. El País explains that they want him to bring forward the 2012 budgets, and the EU commission are being inflexible on the deficit objectives. The hopes of the Rajoy government to get Continue reading →

The labour reform and Baltasar Garzón El País today El País headlines that a third of companies trading on the stock market can already make cheaper sackings. The paper says they can use the fact that they are making a loss of there has been a persistent fall in their sales to do so. The Continue reading →

The in-fighting in the PSOE in Andalucía leads some of the papers today. El País today El Mundo says that Rubalcaba’s supporters have ‘broken the pack’ against Griñán. It reports that the provincial secretary of the PSOE in Sevilla, José Antonio Vera, resigned from the regional assembly and took the votes of his supporters with Continue reading →

The papers opinions on the Baltasar Garzón sentence fill the front pages and in many cases reflect their political stand point. El País today El Mundo headlines ‘Garzón expelled for acting like the judges of ‘totalitarian regimes’. El País headlines ‘The Supreme Court does away with Garzón’, noting that the tribunal has sentenced him to Continue reading →