Fourth conference of Regional Presidents ends in arguement

Fourth conference of Regional Presidents ends in arguement
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By h.b. - Dec 15, 2009 - 7:21 AM
The Partido Popular has refused to support the Government plans for the economy and against unemployment

The lehendakari Patxi López (centre), with the Presidents of Andalucía, José Antonio Griñán; Cataluña, José Montilla; Aragón, Marcelino Iglesias, and Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, in the corridors of the Senate - EFE

The Prime Minister has accused the Partido Popular of ‘a lack of loyalty and institutional maturity’ for blocking an agreement against the recession. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero tried without success to establish cross-party working groups against the recession.

The PP abstained in the vote during the fourth conference of the regional presidents which was held in Madrid on Monday, and where debate was centred on the economy.

Esperanza Aguirre, The PP President of the Madrid region, explained her opposition by saying ‘I don’t want to take responsibility for the policies of the champion of unemployment’.

The PP President of La Rioja, Pedro Sanz, said ‘We have given the Government a lesson’ and Francisco Camps from Valencia said that the PP had made an intelligent proposal, but there was no way forward. They all blame Zapatero for the lack of any agreement.

The breakdown in talks on the economy and the fight against unemployment ruins the Prime Minister’s strategy for a wider consensus against the crisis, described by the PP as coming from utopia. However José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has said he will press on with the Government measures ‘with more or less help’.
‘We are dedicated to the reforms until the last consequences’, he said.

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