More than 13 million Spanish wage-earners and pensioners will begin receiving 400-euro (about $600) income tax rebates in June. The money should arrive just in time to help them pay the credit card bills for the mini-holidays they traditionally take during Holy Week (which the Spanish secular elite now call “Spring Vacation”). Download PDF

Spanish voters on March 9 narrowly re-elected Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to another four-year term in office. But he defeated his rival, Mariano Rajoy, the head of the center-right Popular Party, by only a narrow margin and fell far short of gaining an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament. Download PDF

Since March 2004, when Rodríguez Zapatero first came to power, his goal, more than that of the government, has been to change the political regime of Spain. Spaniards voted this past Sunday, and the Popular Party (PP) improved their results from 2004, increasing their liberal-conservative representation. They are now dealing with a somewhat happy defeat, but a defeat nonetheless. There is plenty of time for analysis on the election itself; however, we must immediately look to the effects rather than the causes. What will happen in a Spain whose citizens have supported the deterioration of its Constitution, a pact with ETA and the Spanish hara-kiri economy? Download PDF Descargar PDF

Voters in Spain will elect a new government on March 9. The highly competitive race pits the leader of the conservative opposition Popular Party (PP), Mariano Rajoy, against the incumbent Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Download PDF

This legislative term ended almost at year’s end. One more page of our political history ends with it; but this page will not be remembered for its successes or brilliancy. It will however be remembered as a rollercoaster of a political period with extreme ups and downs. On numerous occasions, many have felt doubts; others have felt cheated; others have become incensed, and many have experienced an increase in indifference regarding the res publica. Download PDF Descargar PDF

After March 9, the Government emerging from the ballot box can and must address the security and defense problems our country is experiencing. The state of affairs of our Armed Forces and the strategic milieu we face will demand that the new Government take at least ten measures during its first one-hundred days. We at GEES consider that the measures should include the following: Download PDF Descargar PDF

Just days before Election Day, PSOE remains in complete disagreement regarding strategy. Zapatero has put his party under such political sway throughout the legislative term that many Socialists no longer know where they stand. PSOE began its legislative term attracting the anti-system vote, which gave the party an unexpected triumph in March 2004. It tried to turn towards the center when it realized that the failure of its negotiations with ETA as well as its parliamentary alliance with radical independentists had scared away its own moderate voters. Download PDF

In politics you pay for the mistakes you make. In foreign politics, you pay very dearly. Four years of government under Rodríguez Zapatero have left us with a complicated legacy. The Spanish Prime Minister has managed to work his way into non-speaking terms with the President of the United States; he has succeeded in being ignored by the leaders of the large European powers; and he has been insulted by those he considers to be his friends, ranging from Chávez and Evo Morales to the Castro brothers. In record time, Rodríguez Zapatero has managed to eliminate Spain from world affairs and ensure that the country is widely regarded as frivolous and irresponsible. Download PDF Descargar PDF

In his well-known Sunday editorial published on November 18, “PP Can Still Win the Elections,” Pedro J. Ramírez, executive editor of the newspaper El Mundo, discussed the need for a “centrist and liberal” project which he feels PP should carry out between now and March, in order to increase its chances of winning the general elections. He suggests they can win over Zapatero if they offer this project as an alternative to socialism. Download PDF Descargar PDF

We have entered the final stages of this election process as we near our impending rendezvous with the polling booths on March 9. It is evident that general elections are always important because they decide who will be at the helm of Spain’s common project for the next four years. However, I am under the impression that these elections are of particular importance because there is more at stake this time: our Constitutional Model’s own survival, the victory of freedom over terror, and our families’ prosperity Download PDF

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