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smallerBy h.b. - Nov 20, 2009 - 9:01 AM
El País today
El Mundo says a Belgian without charisma and a Baroness to meet the female quota will lead the EU. The paper notes that neither has any experience in foreign policy.
El País headlines that a Belgian and a low-profile Briton will direct the new Europe. The paper says the 27 chose Herman Van Rompuy as President and Catherine Ashton is the Foreign Affairs ‘Minister’. The paper has a photo of the two having a hug.
ABC describes Van Rompuy as ‘a grey Belgian conservative’, and notes that the left did not fight for Blair, but agreed that Catherine Ashton replace Javier Solana.
Público headlines that the Grand Europe chooses ‘Minileaders’. The paper says that two little known politicians, without hardly any international experience, take the two highest posts in the EU after a long and opaque negotiation between the Government heads. The paper notes that Herman Van Rompuy opposes the membership of Turkey because of his Christian convictions.
El Mundo leads with the events off Gibraltar, and headlines that the Royal Navy carried out firing practice with the Spanish flag. The paper says the Guardia Civil surprised them, seven miles from the Rock when they were firing at a buoy imprinted with the Spanish flag.
El Mundo has more on the ‘Alakrana’ which arrives in the Seychelles today. The paper headlines that the order was to fire at the launch, but not at the pirates, and notes that warning shots were fired without success, and then the order came from Madrid to stop. The ‘Atalanta’ protocol only allows for shots to be fired at the pirates when in self defence. El Mundo has a photo of a Portuguese operation against the Somali pirates and shows two captured men held at gunpoint on a boat in the waters of the Gulf of Aden.
La Razón has the headline ‘Fire over the bow’ and says that the captain of the tuna fishing boat was just a mile away and did not hear the fire. The paper says it has had access to the conversation between the helicopter and the control during the mission. The paper notes that another boat managed to fight off another attack yesterday.
El País considers that the PP attacks on the Government over the ‘Alakrana’ affair have been a failure. They subjected the Government to a vote in Congress, and lost.
La Razón tells is that Abdu Willy, one of the pirates brought back to Spain, says he wants to marry a Spanish girl.
ABC reveals that the x-ray used to establish his age in fact came from the other pirate in custody. The paper says the mistake was found by Judge Pedraz who then asked the forensic scientist to endorse the original evidence.
El País reports that there are nine sentences from the Supreme Court which back the phone tapping system which PP leader Mariano Rajoy has complained about. The Supreme Court considers ‘It’s preferable to the earlier ones’.
La Razón notes that Esperanza Aguirre, the PP President of the Madrid region, has called on Zapatero to dissolve the Town Hall in Pinto, and call elections after irregularities in the Madrid dormitory town.
Público says that the judiciary is looking for the money from the Gürtel case in ten countries. 24 requests for information have been sent to financial havens and member states of the EU.
El Mundo reports that Mexico has been condemned for the killing of eight women in Ciudad Juárez on the frontier with the United States. The International Court for Human Rights says Mexico was guilty of not carrying out a full investigation.
El País reports that the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, has advised Spain to delay the planned tax increases set for July next year to 2011. They are concerned they could slow down the exit from recession.
ABC has a photo of the President of the CEOE employers’ organization, Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, giving a hug to the Development Minister, José Blanco, at the ABC forum yesterday. The Minister said there is room to reform the labour market, and that Spain will come out of recession next year.
El País reports on the case of Josep Mediñà and his wife who found their home in Barcelona taken over by squatters. That was 16 months ago and in court Judge Carlos Tortras cancelled the eviction of the squatters because of their ‘precarious economic situation’, although he did impose a bail payment against them – of 1€.
And finally,
El Mundo reports on the ongoing row over the Thierry Henry handball. The paper notes that Spanish referees say they are in favour of using technology in football.
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