by Migeru
Wed Apr 11th, 2012 at 07:06:27 AM EST
The speed of the decomposition of Rajoy's government is astonishing. It's been only 111 days since his investiture vote on 20 December 2011, and today... (the linked story has video)
| Salida por el garaje para evitar a la prensa | Política | EL PAÍS | | Exit through the garage to avoid the press | Politics | El Pais |
| Regresan a los pasillos de las Cortes las huidas a la carrera de Mariano Rajoy cuando se encuentra con la prensa, habituales en su etapa en la oposición cada vez que había asuntos polémicos. El presidente del Gobierno, que lleva dos semanas sin contestar ninguna pregunta de los periodistas, precisamente en el momento más delicado de su mandato, con la prima de riesgo a 430 y la Bolsa cayendo un 3%, huyó este martes de la prensa de una forma especialmente ostensible. | | The running escapes of Mariano Rajoy when he meets the press are back in the corridors of the Parliament, as was usual during his time in opposition every time there was a controversy. The Prime Minister, who hasn't answered a press question in two weeks, precisely in the most delicate moment of his tenure, with [Spain's] risk premium at 430 [hundredths of a percent] and the stock market down 3%, fled from the press this Tuesday in a particularly ostensible way. |
And #CorreMarianoCorre (run, Mariano, run) is now a trending topic on twitter.
| En la sesión de control del Senado, PSOE, PNV y UPN le preguntaban por cuestiones que nada tenían que ver con la prima de riesgo o los recortes en sanidad y educación anunciados el lunes. Y Rajoy aprovechó esa dejación de la oposición para no decir ni una palabra de la situación en los mercados. A la salida, los periodistas trataron de preguntarle en un pasillo si quería lanzar algún mensaje de tranquilidad a los ciudadanos en este momento tan difícil o si iba a comentar algo sobre la situación de los mercados. Rajoy se paró en seco, con gesto muy molesto. Intentó evitar a la prensa y pasar de largo, como ha hecho otras muchas veces. Pero ante la evidencia de que era difícil cruzar el enjambre de cámaras y reporteros, Rajoy miró cada vez más molesto a su equipo, no dijo ni una palabra ante los micrófonos, se quedó parado como si se hubiera bloqueado, y finalmente se dio media vuelta. | | At the Government Control Session in the Senate, PSOE, PNV and UPN were asking him about issues that had nothing to do with the risk premium or the cuts in health and education announced on Monday. And Rajoy took advantage of this negligence of the oppposition to say not a word about the market situation. At the exit, the journalists tried to ask him in a corridor whether he wanted to issue a message of tranquility to the citizens in this tough moment, or whether he was going to comment something about the market situation. Rajoy stopped cold, with a very annoyed gesture. He tried to avoid the press and pass them by, as he has done many other times. But faced with the evidence that it was diffucult to cross the swarm of cameras and reporters, Rajoy looked increasingly annoyed to his team, didn't say a word to the microphones, sat there as if blocked, and finally turned around. |
| Su equipo de seguridad le sacó por una puerta lateral para conducirle hasta el garaje, en lugar de salir por la puerta principal, donde le esperaba como es habitual su coche oficial. La imagen de televisión con Rajoy dando media vuelta para huir de la prensa se convirtió inmediatamente en el principal comentario en los pasillos del Senado. | | His security team got him out through a side door to lead him to the garage, instead of going out through the main gate, where his official car was waiting for him as usual. The TV image of Rajoy turning aroung to flee the press immediately became the main [object of] commentary in the corridors of the Senate. |
Earlier in the day, the one to issue a message of calm which, though correct in my opinion, appears nonchalant or insouciant, was the economy minister: [Luis de] Guildos advocated "evading" the markets "in the short term". He actually said that it's good not to pay attention to short term market movements, which on the merits is the right attitude, and to focus on the medium term.
Back to Rajoy, his unpresidential dash today raises the following questions:
- How long before the EU attempts to force Spain into a "rescue"?
- Will the EU attempt to replace Rajoy with a Technocratic government?
- What will Rajoy do or say at the next EU Council Summit?
- Has Rajoy had his Niemöller moment?
