Rodriguez Zapatero
Rodriguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; born 4 August 1960) is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election. He left office on 21 December 2011...
Rodriguez Zapatero quotes about
office leader want
I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.
research-and-development community doe
I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.
voice citizens democratic
Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.
maturity common-sense voting
Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.
thinking negative debate
I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching
support important done
...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.
congratulations government names
Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI]
party years people
How can a governing party propose to its people a referendum that won't be binding? Is that a serious political programme? No it is not. It's the final option that will end up with upset, at a dead end, reflecting the last 4 years of the Ibarretxe Plan
reading smoking
Less smoking and more reading.
drinking smoking discouraging
Discouraging smoking and drinking is a left ideal.
football champions-league drawing
Drawing a comparison to football, it could be said that the Spanish economy has, during this legislature, into the Champions League of the world economy, however bad that may seem to some.
ideas people demand
You can be completely opposed to an ideological position, and I'm certainly not close to Aznar's ideas, however he was elected by the Spanish people and I demand that respect.
people democracy
In democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people.
strong hard-times next
Although the recession is strong and although hard times await us in the next 2 or 3 months, Spain will continue to grow in the second quarter of 2009.