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ElPais.com: Rajoy pide a Merkel que la UE ayude a España por ser un país que cumple
El primer día tras su arrolladora victoria hizo lo mismo que la semana anterior: se escondió en su despacho, ofreció un discurso cerrado a sus dirigentes sin aclarar casi nada, evitó comparecer en rueda de prensa --pese a que muchos corresponsales habían ido a Génova convencidos de que hablaría-- y mandó en su lugar a Dolores de Cospedal, la secretaria general y presidenta de Castilla-La Mancha. Como si fuera un lunes más. "¿Quién es esta mujer?", preguntaban algunos enviados especiales de televisiones internacionales para cubrir las elecciones.

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"Rajoy le ha manifestado la necesidad de que los países que cumplan tienen que ser ayudados por las instituciones comunitarias. Le ha explicado que no todos pueden tener el mismo tratamiento, los que cumplen y los que no lo hacen", sentenció Cospedal, sugiriendo así que España, que según Bruselas es de los que está cumpliendo con lo que se la ha pedido, debería estar entre esos países a los que el BCE ayude con sus compras.

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"No vamos a hacer milagros y nunca los hemos prometido. La solución al problema de la deuda tiene que venir de una estrategia conjunta de la zona euro. Rajoy entiende que igual que España va a cumplir, tenemos que exigir que se nos reconozca ese cumplimiento. Lo que está claro es que España no puede seguir financiándose al 7%", remató.

Rajoy asks Merkel that the EU help Spain as it is a country that delivers
The first day aster his landslide victory he did the same as the week before: he hid in his office, offered a closed-door speech to his party leadership without clarifying anything, avoided appearing before a press conference - despite many correspondents coming to the party HQ convinced that he would speak - and sent in his stead Dolores de Cospedal, the party secretary general and regional president of Castilla-La Mancha. As on any other Monday. "Who's this woman?", asked some special envoys from international TV stations sent to cover the elections.

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"Rajoy manifested [to Merkel] the need that countries which deliver have to be helped by the European institutions. He explained that not all can be treated the same, the ones that deliver and those which don't", asserted Cospedal, suggesting that Spain, which according to Brussels is fulfilling what was asked of it, should be among those countries that the BCE should aid with its purchases.

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"We're not going to work miracles and we never promised them. The solution to the debt problem must come from a joint Eurozone strategy. Rajoy understands that just like Spain is going to deliver, we have to demand that this fulfillment be recognised. What's clear is that Spain cannot continue to finance itself at 7%, she concluded.



To err is of course human. But to mess things up spectacularly, we need an elite — Yanis Varoufakis
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 22nd, 2011 at 06:49:49 AM EST
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Rajoy understands that just like Spain is going to deliver ...

When did Spain become a Round Table Pizza?

I have a t-shirt with that on it. And whatever you do, DON'T BLINK!

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Tue Nov 22nd, 2011 at 08:16:02 AM EST
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