Spain Papers Review - Friday September 3 2010
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By h.b. - Sep 3, 2010 - 7:04 AM
It’s politics which leads most of the papers in Spain today

El Mundo declares that electoral fear in the Socialist party has opened a crisis in the Government, by which they mean a cabinet reshuffle. Current Minister for Employment, Celestino Corbacho will be number 3 in Cataluña to support José Montilla to try to stop the loss of voters. The paper says that Zapatero asked the Minister to stay until he knows whether he has to also replace Trinidad Jiménez, the Health Minister who is a regional candidate in Madrid.
El País says that Corbacho will leave government to strengthen the lists of the Catalan Socialists. The paper says he took the decision after taking with the Prime Minister on August 20, and that the idea has the support of José Montilla.
ABC headlines ‘Corbacho throws in the towel’, and says the Minister returns to Cataluña for the regional elections. ABC says he will stay as Minister until the General Strike. The paper also reports that the Socialists fear a defeat of Trinidad Jiménez in the primaries in Madrid.
Público tells us that the Minister for Employment had already told the Prime Minister of his wish to return to Cataluña.

El Mundo notes that the Basque Socialists have arranged a rally to support Patxi López, and note that he has more deputies than the PNV, Basque Nationalists.

El Mundo reports that August was the month when there were the fewest number of fixed contracts in history in Spain.
El País notes that unemployment rose again in August after four months of falls and notes too that despite the labour reform the number of temporary contracts has increased.
ABC says unemployment is back at four million after another black August. The paper says Minister Salgado has asked for patience from the unemployed, and recommended that they ‘actively’ search for work.
La Razón notes unemployment rose by 61,083 in August, and that the payments to those out of work have ‘eaten’ seven points of GDP.

ABC says that Sony is abandoning Spain, and the announcement came as Zapatero was visiting Japan.

El Mundo has a front page photo of Francisco Camps, and says that the PP leader Mariano Rajoy is supporting him as candidate in Valencia, in his own way. The paper thinks that Rajoy’s words, ‘I think that Camps should be the candidate’ could be interpreted in any way.
La Razón however considers that Rajoy’s support for Camps has no cracks.
El País reports that the Anti-corruption Prosecutor has called for the new allegations against Camps to be investigated in Valencia.
Público notes that Rajoy has ignored the evidence of illegal financing in support of Camps.

El País reports on the arguments of the Government in the Constitutional Court on the new abortion law – they say it is not liberalisation.

La Razón notes that those accused in the case of the murder of Marta del Castillo, will escape a jury hearing in Sevilla.

In international stories,
El Mundo notes that the dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians has been postponed for 15 days, but in ‘good faith’.
El País says that Obama has opened another window of peace in the Middle East. The paper has a photo of Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Mahmud Abbas and with Hillary Clinton looking on smiling.
ABC has the same photo across its front page, with the caption, ’Peace is still possible’. It says Netanyahu and Abbás will continue to talk on the 14th and 15th, with a real wish for dialogue.
Público also has the photo on the front page with the caption ‘A new attempt’.

La Razón headlines that the Government has been hiding more Taliban attacks against Spanish troops in Afghanistan. It says there were two other combats on the same day that three Spaniards were killed last week at Qala-i-Now, and says the Al Qaeda web has threatened Spain with another 11-M – Madrid train bomb attack.

El País has a photo of Sajad Ashtiani, the son of the woman sentenced to be stoned in Iran. He says that if international pressure eases, his mother will still be stoned.

There is a picture of Stehpen Hawking on the front page of El Mundo. The paper notes that scientists who believe in God have criticised the British scientist’s claim that God does not exist. Hawkings now sustains that the creation of the universe is separate from any divine intervention, and has reopened debate on the origin of the cosmos.
Público quotes the scientist – ‘God was not necessary to create the universe’.

El Mundo puts a soldier’s face on its masthead and says that he was the protagonist of 25,000 masks in the Noche en Blanco in Madrid.

El País notes that Spain face Greece in the World Basketball after a comfortable win against Canada. The paper notes they will only face the USA in the final – if they get there.

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