Tag: Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba

• Tuesday, May 27th 2014 - 09:24 UTC

  European parliament election knocks out Spain's Socialist leader

  

  Spain’s Socialist opposition leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has stepped down after his party suffered its worst election result on Sunday's ballot for the European Parliament. Socialists lost nine European parliament seats, while the the ruling conservative People’s Party lost eight.

• Thursday, August 15th 2013 - 02:56 UTC

  Malvinas/Gibraltar hand-to-hand with Argentina: “a ridiculous adventure” opposition tells Rajoy

  

  The leader of Spain’s opposition Socialist Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba called on the government of president Mariano Rajoy “to avoid adventures that could end looking ridiculous” such as the possibility of a ‘hand to hand’ with Argentina on the Malvinas and Gibraltar cases and instead should look at all the money laundering that takes place in the British Overseas Territory.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 07:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva: only way out for the crisis is growth and jobs, not balanced budgets

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva recommended European Union leaders to stop discussing balancing budgets and recapitalization of banks and find a solution to the current crisis through more economic growth, more trade and more jobs.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 09:56 UTC

  Spaniards take to cities’ plazas and call for a protest no-vote in Sunday’s local elections

  

  Tens of thousands of Spaniards angry over unemployment protested for a sixth day, ahead of Sunday's local elections in which the ruling Socialists are expected to suffer heavy losses.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:33 UTC

  Gibraltar and Guardia Civil boats clash in disputed waters

  

  A new row flared between Spain and Gibraltar after police from the British Overseas territory charged on Tuesday that one of its boats was damaged in a clash with Spanish police vessels that illegally entered its waters.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 17:09 UTC

  Spain an “insurmountable dam protecting the Euro zone” says Deputy PM

  

  Spain has gone from being “another domino” to “an insurmountable dam that it protecting the Euro zone” due to its tough economic reforms, the government said Friday.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 17:39 UTC

  Spanish Socialist PM steps down from 2012 re-election bid

  

  The Socialist Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, says he will not seek a third term in the country’s general election next year. Spain is in the midst of a deep recession. At 20% it has the highest unemployment rate in the Euro zone.