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Spain: Parliament Dissolved
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/2…Spain dissolved Parliament on Monday and an early general election was formally scheduled for Nov. 20, with polls predicting that the governing Socialists would lose by a wide margin. The popularity of Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who announced last year that he would not seek a third term, has plunged as the unemployment rate soared to about 21 percent, the highest in the developed world. The Socialist government has been forced to adopt unpopular austerity measures to rein in Spain’s public deficit and calm market fears that the country may need a financial bailout. If the election were to take place now, the conservative opposition Popular Party would capture an absolute majority in Parliament, according to a poll published Monday in the Catalan daily El Periódico.
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21%, fucking 21%, are you fucking kidding me... Spain, you're in trouble.
- They're in even worse trouble if they bring in a right wing government.mikotondria3
- if you say so... can't get much worse than 21%. I believe their definition of conservative versus USA's is much different********
- that's what happens when you hire Goldman Sachs to help you with your financial planning...zarkonite
- but seriously, they have a massive spending problem with too many entitlement programs.zarkonite
- build all country's industry on tourist services, when financial crisis comes, watch it collapse-- free market economics hehedrgs
- Socialism, out of control from the looks of it. Wow, 21%, that's just crazy.********
- "conservative opposition Popular Party"
does sound like a serious competitordrgs