The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Madrid - Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and conservative opposition leader Mariano Rajoy reached an agreement on anti-terrorism policy at a Wednesday meeting, setting aside their long-running disagreements concerning th...
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
T he Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, Joseph Daul MEP, has congratulated the Spanish Government on its decision to accelerate the process of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, as the Chairman of the Partido Popular (PP) and Leader of the Opposition, Mariano Rajoy, had proposed at the debate on the results of the last European Council.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
Valencia, Spain - Former Spanish interior minister Mariano Rajoy, 53, was confirmed late Saturday as the president of the country's main opposition conservative People's Party (PP) despite recent criticism of his leadership. Rajoy, who was unopposed,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Madrid - Spain's opposition People's Party on Saturday reelected Mariano Rajoy to lead the party at a meeting in Valencia. The 53-year-old politician received 84 per cent of the vote among the 3,000 delegates in attendance, 14 percentage points less ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Madrid - Spanish conservative leader Mariano Rajoy on Friday called on his People's Party (PP) to anchor itself firmly in the political centre as the party was opening a three-day congress aimed at defusing a months-long internal crisis. Spain's bigg...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Madrid - Spain's main opposition conservative People's Party (PP) was Friday opening a three-day party congress aimed at reinforcing the leadership of its president Mariano Rajoy and at ending a months-long crisis within the party. Rajoy, 53, who has...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008
Madrid - Spain's main conservative opposition People's Party (PP) Thursday appeared virtually certain to elect Maria Dolores de Cospedal its secretary-general at a party congress beginning Friday. Party president Mariano Rajoy, 53, proposed Cospedal,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Madrid - Divisions within Spain's main conservative opposition People's Party (PP) deepened Friday, with around 300 demonstrators calling for the resignation of party leader Mariano Rajoy in Madrid. The protesters shouted slogans in support of Maria ...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
Hard times for Mariano Rajoy, Spain's opposition leader IF LIFE can be lonely in politics, there may be few people as lonely as the leader of Spain's People’s Party (PP). In March Mariano Rajoy lost his second election in a row to Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s Socialists. Yet rather than step down, Mr Rajoy chose to [...]
The Economist (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
Hard times for Mariano Rajoy, Spain's opposition leader IF LIFE can be lonely in politics, there may be few people as lonely as the leader of Spain's People's Party (PP). In March Mariano Rajoy lost his second election in a row to Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialists. Yet rather than step down, Mr Rajoy chose to stay on. His presence, he believed, would stop the PP engaging in self-destructive...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
MADRID (Reuters) - The leader of Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, said on Tuesday he would fight on despite his second general election defeat by the socialists. Share This
Reuters (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
MADRID (Reuters) - The leader of Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, said on Tuesday he would fight on despite his second general election defeat by the socialists.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Source: Reuters MADRID, March 11 (Reuters) - The leader of Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, said on Tuesday he would fight on despite his second general election defeat by the socialists ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Madrid - Spain's opposition leader Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday announced he will not resign as president of the conservative People's Party (PP) despite his defeat in Sunday's legislative elections. The PP chief and former interior minister would stand ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Madrid - Spaniards were Tuesday waiting to see whether conservative opposition leader Mariano Rajoy would resign following his party's defeat in Sunday's legislative elections. Former Interior Minister Rajoy, 52, who has headed the People's Party (PP...
