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Spain: drastic spending cuts # 11.07.2012 14 Uhr # Rajoy 12c # Journal Englisch

July 11, 2012

No joy for Rajoy -- or the Spanish people. Their prime minister has announced a whole lot of new austerity measures, in an attempt to catch up with his government's budget goals. The European Union has welcomed the move, as an important step. But Mariano Rajoy's parliamentary speech was only met by jeers and boos from the opposition.

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