Mariano Rajoy confirmed that the election will be presented – Milenio.com

“Yes, I want to be the candidate, and trust me, it will be well,” Rajoy said at a breakfast briefing to the many questions from reporters about him presented in the general elections his party whatever happens on May 24.

According to the polls, the ruling PP would lose much of its support in the May elections. Analysts say that the main danger to the PP may come from the newly formed Citizens, presented as an alternative center to the two traditional parties in the Spanish political scene, the Popular (PP) and the Socialists (PSOE).

In the same speech, Rajoy stressed that his intention is that the elections are held at year end, when they touch, although not rule convene coinciding with regional Catalonia, announced in principle for 27 September “not close the door,” he said.

“political instability” and Greece “enemies”

Also, Rajoy considered that the uncertainty about the Greek situation and “political instability” in Spain are the “enemies” of economic recovery in the country.

“I see at this time as enemies of recovery in Spain political instability, that is a potential enemy of recovery (…) and then Greece, “said Rajoy during breakfast briefing in Madrid. The head of the Spanish government recalled that Greece, in exchange for European funding, must keep its commitments (reduction of deficit and debt, structural reforms).

“In the last year, things were not bad , then changed the government, the new government decided to say that they do not accept anything that could say the [European] Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, “he said. But “those three you were paid him, so if you do not accept anything as they are at serious risk of not fund them,” he said.

Syriza, the Greek anti-liberal party that won the elections in January opposing austerity, is an ally of Spanish we, one of the two emerging formations along the centrist Citizens, threatening the hegemony of the Popular Party of Rajoy and the Socialist Party in the upcoming elections, denouncing the corruption and advocating a change in economic policies

“The key is to have economic growth and employment, and for that we must do what has been done worldwide: fiscal consolidation, structural reforms, etc”. insisted Rajoy . “I am absolutely convinced that the best thing for the Greeks, the best for Europeans to Greece, for Spain and for all, is that Greece follow where you are and honor its commitments,” he said.

Athens creditors resumed talks today. While the coffers are increasingly hollow in Greece, negotiations for the delivery of last mile of 7,200 million euros in loans to the country by the EU seem to last forever. On Thursday, representatives of the Eurozone during a meeting expressed their “concern about the limited progress in negotiations.”