Spain Papers Review - Monday September 29 2008
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By h.b. - Sep 29, 2008 - 9:43 AM
A range of lead stories today, but with the economy and the events in the United States still dominating most.

Believe it or not El Mundo returns to the conspiracy theory on the March 11 2004 train bombings in Madrid today, and headlines that the last person to be found innocent in the case has ruled out that the group in Leganés, who blew themselves up, were involved.
Mouhannah Almallah has been exonerated by the Supreme Court after serving three and a half years.
He tells the paper ‘If it was true that those in that flat had killed 192 people, how is it possible that they become likable terrorists and waited until the building was evacuated before committing suicide?’

El Mundo notes that the Prime Minister has invited the PP leader to meet and speak about the economy. The paper notes too that it seems that democrats and republicans have finally agreed their pact in the United States.
The paper also notes that the Banco Santander is to purchase the offices and part of the Bradford and Bingley bank in the U.K.
El País leads with the financial crisis and notes that McCain and Obama both support the Wall Street rescue plan. The paper says that 479 billion € will be approved with conditions, and notes the crisis has now hit the B&B in Britain and Fortis in Belgium.
ABC notes that Santander is to pick up the 200 Bradford and Bingley branches.
El País says that Zapatero has invited Rajoy to meet to try and reach a consensus to face the crisis.
Público notes that those citizens of the United States who are at risk of an embargo will not have to pay their taxes under the plan.

Público dedicates its front page to its latest Publiscopio poll which shows the Partido Popular overtaking the Socialists for the first time since the election. The paper gives the PP 39.4% and the PSOE 38.6% saying the economic crisis is taking its toll. The paper also notes that the personal rating of Zapatero is also on the slides, while that of Rajoy is climbing.

El País notes that the far right has re-emerged strongly in the elections in Austria. Those allied to Chancellor Merkel were the ones to suffer in the poll, according to the paper.

Back in Spain, ABC leads with the headline that a thousand military officials have now come out against the new military career law. The paper says that 600 members of the Army have together presented an appeal against the law, while 400 more have done so individually.

El Mundo reports that 5,000 people demonstrated in Barcelona for the right for their children to be taught in Castellano and not Catalan. The demonstrators denounced the progressive ‘exclusion’ of Castellano in schools in the region.

El País notes that the Juan José Ibarretxe is to aspire for the post of leader of the Basque Government, the lehendakari, for the fourth time at the forthcoming Basque elections.

Many papers have photos on their front pages of the surprise win for Fernando Alonso in the Singapore grand prix after he started 15th on the grid. El Mundo says Alonso saw the light in the tropical night of Singapore.
El País has a large photo of Alonso with champagne on the podium, with the caption ‘like the old times’.
ABC has large photo and says it was a miracle job from the driver from Asturias.

And finally,
El País reveals that the Beatles were investigated by the British government. The Foreign Office, Scotland Yard and the Bank of England all investigated the group according to archives now released and concentrated on the artistic, economic and sexual interests of the band.

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