Spain Papers Review - Thursday November 5 2009larger |
smallerBy h.b. - Nov 5, 2009 - 9:01 AM
Público today
El País leads with the headline that the U turn on the Opel sale has upset Germany. The paper reports that the General Motors consider their plant at Zaragoza in Spain as ‘key’.
Público tells is that Spain sees the decision of GM not to sell with optimism. The paper also notes the comment from the Vice President of GM that the Spanish factory is ‘key’.
ABC leads with the headline that the corrupt group in Santa Coloma obtained 400,000 €. The paper notes that the Catalan Socialist Party forced an amendment to remove a grant given for a library from one of the companies implicated, although the work appears in Garzón’s summary.
El Mundo notes that Manuel Cobo will continue to carry out its functions, despite being suspended from the Partido Popular.
El País also notes that he may be out of the party, but he is still Deputy Mayor of Madrid.
ABC has a photo of Mariano Rajoy with Rodrigo Rato, now set to be the new Chairman of Caja Madrid. The paper captions ‘Cobo out, and Rato with Rajoy’.
Público reports on a delay on the religious freedom law, and shows a large photo on the front page of a classroom with a crucifix on the wall. The paper headlines that the Government has renounced removing the crucifixes as the new law does not prohibit religious symbols in public colleges. The cabinet is leaving it up to the parents to decide on the matter, despite an EU directive saying the symbols should go.
El Mundo reports that the PP has denounced the Government for illegally controlling telephones. They claim that the Sitel system, active since 2004, is software which allows the police to listen to and manipulate tapped calls.
El País reports on some problems for the Dependency Law. It says that each region should get an equal share of the funding, but the Canaries, Balearics and Murcia, not only have not paid their part, but have received more than other regions. The paper prints a map to show the differences.
El Mundo highlights the visit of the King to the paper’s International Journalism Awards last night, won by The Daily Telegraph and the Pakistani writer, Ahmed Rashid.
The paper headlines that the King praised ‘quality, critical and responsible journalism’ at the event which also marked the 20th anniversary for El Mundo. The Monarch described the paper as ‘an exceptional witness to the transformation of Spain in these 20 years’.
El Mundo highlights a disturbing statistic. With a photo of woman playing a fruit machine, the paper says that 70% of women who are gambling addicts suffer domestic abuse and gamble to escape.
El País has a front page photo of Barack Obama and says he has been warned of a democratic defeat in two states. The paper says that the win in Virginia and New Jersey is animating the republicans.
ABC says that the crisis and the electorate give a beating to Obama in his first elections, a year after ‘Yes we can’.
El País reports that Italy has found 23 CIA agents guilty of kidnap. It regards the taking in 2003 of the ex Imam of Milan, Abu Omar, and his transfer to Egypt, where he was tortured for two years. The agents were not present at the trial as the United States refused their extradition.
El Mundo tells us that the New York University is refusing to supply the Spanish Supreme Court on how much it paid Judge Garzón for some conferences during his sabbatical year.
And finally,
ABC reports that the football clubs in Spain are divided on the Government’s decision to do away with the tax breaks for top international players. The paper notes that the PP and CiU have warned of the negative effect it will have on the companies.
(La Razón has not updated its .pdf file)
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