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It is embarrassing to read the compromising confessions made to the US ambassador by certain highly-placed political figures. The diplomatic legation of the world's largest power is not the proper place to air the struggles going on within the Spanish Cabinet.
Just like members of the German government in earlier leaks. Who in particular was named?
The prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has tended to avoid homogeneity in his cabinets, while often intervening in second-echelon appointments, against the desires of the ministers concerned. Above and beyond the already well-known lack of coordination that the prime minister's attitude has caused on some key occasions, the WikiLeaks documents have revealed further undesirable effects of this style of running a government.
Are they blaming Zapatero's authoritarianism for the quisling attitude of ministers here? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Are they blaming Zapatero's authoritarianism for the quisling attitude of ministers here?
Who in particular was named?
I'll dig up some links... Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010
It appears in a different cable Gallardón confided to Ambassador Aguirre that he could seek the party leadership only at the risk of splitting the party. His rivalry with Esperanza Aguirre is well-known, bitter, and the rift does affect the party cadres, the Madrid base, and the allied press.
Another repository: dissension within [Spain's] Ministry of Foreign Affairs. One news item and 4 cables, where differences among ministers are documented, and Spanish diplomats and Ministry staff tell the US ambassador about their dislike of the Minister.
Repository: How the Americans see us including profiles of prominent ZP cabinet members, and cables where these profiles are given or discussed. Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010
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