German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Spain on Sunday for a two-day trip aimed at securing Spanish support for her unpopular European austerity policies.
Rajoy admits to ‘making a mistake’
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has admitted to MPs that he made a ‘mistake’ in trusting ‘someone who we now know did not deserve it’, a reference to former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas who is currently in jail on corruption charges.
Political figures are not badly off
The financial situations of the two major presidential candidates, Rubalcaba (PSOE) and Rajoy (PP), are described as ‘not bad’ according to the declaration of assets made public by the Congress of Deputies.