Spain Papers Review - Wednesday March 17 2010larger |
smallerBy h.b. - Mar 17, 2010 - 7:06 AMThe murder of a French policeman by ETA dominates the papers in Spain today
La Razón today
El Mundo leads with the story and notes it is the first time that ETA has killed a French policeman, and that it happened in a shoot out near Paris as the terrorists were surprised by the police as they were stealing second hand cars.
El Mundo notes too that Hugo Chávez is refusing to arrest the ETA prisoners in Venezuela, as requested by the Spanish National Court.
ABC leads with the death of the French policeman, and notes the arrest of the wanted activist, Joseba Fernández Aspurz, wanted for vandalism in Navarra.
La Razón leads with the story and notes that the crime shows that ETA has ordered its members to shoot if it is needed to escape.
El Mundo reports that the Socialists defeated the Partido Popular intuitive on IVA/VAT, despite the left wing parties voting with the Partido Popular.
ABC has a photo of a pensive Zapatero in Congress and captions ‘More taxes for half a dozen votes’. The paper says the tourism industry is in rebellion and has called for a delay in the introduction of the higher rate.
Público notes that the European Commission supports the IVA increase.
Público has front page photos of the main party leaders and says the PSOE and PP do vote together – then in brackets they add ‘to keep the Constitutional Court blocked’. The two main parties have voted together to block renovation of the highest court, while all the other parties supported the idea put forward by CiU and ERC.
La Razón says that the regional governments have hardly enough money to pay for their health services until the summer. It says the cabinet is looking for 2 billion € funding to limit a debt which has reached 12 billion.
Público notes that Judge Garzón has said that the taping of lawyers conversations does not affect the process of the Gürtel case.
El País reports that Gordon Brown has done a deal with Zapatero on high risk hedge funds. The paper says that Elena Salgado has now withdrawn her project for their reform from the Ecofin meeting.
ABC considers Spain has given into to pressure from Gordon Brown.
ABC highlights comments from the ex Minister, Jordi Sevilla, speaking to Vanity Fair. He tells the magazine that Zapatero does not even trust his wife, and says that María Teresa Fernández de la Vega is leaving the Government, and even she says so.
El Mundo says that the Government has put pressure on the Sabadell bank to extend a credit given to Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, the Chairman of the CEOE, but in this case for his troubled Marsans travel group. The paper says the Government wants to avoid a possible debacle ahead of the Easter break.
El Mundo highlights the news that the judge from the Madrid train bombings case, Gómez Bermúdez, has earned 60,000 € from a book linked to the case. The paper has a photo on the front page and says he has been awarded by the same publishers who printed his wife’s book. The paper notes that the Ayuda a las Victimas Association has denounced that he has used the tragedy to make money.
La Razón notes that there have been more than 17,000 applicants for 30 jobs as ushers in Congress.
In international news:
El País notes that the United States has cancelled the visit of its mediator to Israel, as tension increases over the Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem.
El País has a photo from Cuba of women protesting against the imprisonment of dissidents. They call themselves the Damas de Blanco. The paper notes that many of the intellectuals and artists from the world of culture in Spain have called for freedom on the island.
La Razón has the same photo and says the Castro regime is repressing the Damas de Blanco.
El País reports that the Spanish priest arrested in Chile had as many as 2,000 pedophile pictures. The collector of horrors, says the paper.
El Mundo puts the actress Núria Espert on its masthead today, as she wins the Valle-Inclán prize for her performance in Lorca’s Bernarda Alba.
And finally,
El País highlights the decision to keep Picasso’s Guernica in the Reina Sofía. The Ministry for Culture says the decision corresponds to the museum. La Razón says the Minister for Culture did not want the work moved to the Prado – ‘It’s fine where it is’.
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