Spain Papers Review - Thursday August 12 2010
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By h.b. - Aug 12, 2010 - 9:57 AM
Many papers lead with King Juan Carlos’s phone call to Mohamed VI. The papers say it follows the pressure from Morocco at the border.

El Mundo has a front page photo from the Melilla border which shows a Moroccan man on the ground. The Committee for the Liberation of Ceuta and Melilla believe it shows ‘racist aggression’ from the Spanish police. El Mundo says the King’s phone call has uncovered the crisis created by Mohamed VI, and says that Zapatero asked the Monarch to intervene given the ‘silly incidents’ which have been increasing on the borders with Ceuta and Melilla.
El País considers the phone call has reduced the tension with Morocco.
La Razón headlines the phone call and notes that Morocco has announced an informal meeting between the monarchs. The paper says that hours before the conversation, the Socialist party claimed that there was no crisis with Rabat.

El Mundo headlines that a mediator has seen ‘advances’ in the ‘process’ between the Government and ETA. The paper highlights the comments from Brian Currin who makes reference to the movement of ETA prisoners to the Basque Country and a possible cease fire call from the terrorists.
The paper notes that the PP General Secretary, Cospedal, has warned that the opposition does not trust the prisoner movements.

El Mundo notes that the Development Minister, José Blanco, now considers the cuts he announced three months ago were ‘excessive’.

El Mundo notes that the markets were hit again yesterday over fears over a new slow down in the economy.
El País leads with this and headlines ‘Doubts over the end of the recession bring fear back to the markets’. It notes that Elena Salgado, Minister for Tax and the Economy, has ruled out another recession and guaranteed that deficit reduction targets will be met.

El País has an interview with the Minster for Health, Trinidad Jiménez, who talks mostly about her running to be candidate for the Socialists for the Madrid regional election. She tells the paper she is not Goliath, and that it is Tomás Gómez who controls the party.

Público has a front page dedicated to the Fundescam case and headlines that the police are looking for more evidence of the illegal funding of Esperanza Aguirre’s PP in Madrid. The money laundering department has sent a new 50 page report to the instruction judge in the Gürtel case about the activities of the foundation which paid for election costs irregularly.

El País has a front page photo of a person being rescued from the flood waters in Pakistan and notes that the United Nations has launched a world alert following the disaster, calling for 350 million €.

La Razón reports that the British police has alerted the Spanish security forces about the incessant arrival of sexual delinquents in tourist area. The paper says that so far this summer the warnings from Interpol have been almost daily.
El País tells us that the Vatican wants to bring forward the age of the first communion to fight the lack of faith.

El País notes that the Spanish Football Federation is to investigate the allegations of the bribes made by Hercules to be promoted to the Primera.

ABC has the Spanish football team on their front page, where La Roja managed to save face with a 1-1 draw in the friendly last night against Mexico.
La Razón looks on the bright side and also has a front page photo with the caption – Spain remains unbeaten, with Silva avoiding the defeat by scoring in injury time.

And finally
Hola Magazine made a great deal of an emotional kiss between the Prince and Princess of Asturias after the Marivent photo call. El Mundo makes reference to it with the caption ‘at last they kiss…. Six years later’.

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