Spanish Prime Minister sees popularity slip after 100 days back in power

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Spanish Prime Minister sees popularity slip after 100 days back in power
By h.b. - Jul 21, 2008 - 8:11 AM

Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, speaking to the press after the meeting of the new Federal Executive of the Socailist party - Photo EFE

The first 100 days of the second Zapatero administration in Spain have been marked by the deepening economic crisis.

The first 100 days of the new Socialist Zapatero administration also saw the Government working without an effective opposition because of the leadership in-fighting in the Partido Popular before their congress held in Valencia earlier last month.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero spent most of the 100 days avoiding the use of the word ‘crisis’ preferring phrases such as ‘economic deceleration’ and ‘difficult and complicated situation’. Now the Government underlines that it has designed 47 measures to fight the slowdown, but nevertheless the Prime Minister finds himself lower than ever in the popularity polls.

Possibly most controversial new policy over the time is the idea of paying unemployment money to immigrants if they return to their countries of origin for three years – the plan comes into effect in September.

Over the 100 days, Zapatero has carried out three official trips, attended five international summits and has met with 27 heads of state.

Day 100 is tomorrow Tuesday, and the day after the Prime Minister will meet with the leader of the Partido Popular opposition Mariano Rajoy – for the first time this legislature.
Rajoy has offered support for the Government in five key areas.

Speaking this weekend in the PP Summer School he said he would offer Zapatero ‘state pacts’ on terrorism, the model of the state, foreign policy, pensions and justice. Rajoy described the first 100 days of the new Zapatero administration as being of ‘inertia’.

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Comments

Ron
21 Jul 2008, 10:42

Another Mr Bean!! When the world's ecomonic situation was good, they did not have to do much-but claimed the glory for stability and growth. But now-they do not have the faintest idea what to do.

Roberto
21 Jul 2008, 11:35

"now-they do not have the faintest idea what to do."
Do you know anyone anywhere who has "the solution" to the current world economic crisis?
I don't think the Spanish government is alone in being fairly helpless in the present situation.

Michael
21 Jul 2008, 12:33

It's ironic that he legalized approx 500k illegal immigrants and now he wants to pay some of them to return to their own country. Mr Bean describes him to a 't'

bob
21 Jul 2008, 22:25

Im stunned that I didnt see the Mr. Bean in him, until now. (Thanks for that excellent observation.)
I guess im slipping in my old age.

Pops
22 Jul 2008, 23:12

The solution, Roberto? Instead of doling out 400€ per peón (to pay for a new television for Euro 2008) or bribing immigrants to nip off home with a pocket-full of cash for a few months (at which time they will inevitably slip back in to grab some more cash) the money should be spent on a coordinated public-works effort aimed at constructing a countrywide system of pipes and canals to distribute water from the damp north and west to the dry south and east. Fantasy? It’s been done before, and was called the NEW DEAL. Projects such as the Boulder (Hoover) dam put hard cash into the pockets of millions of Americans at the height of the Great Depression, and look where it got them. Come on, Mr Bean, instead of sitting on your hands and blaming someone in Brussels, make a decision. Put the people to work.

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