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...three-and-a-half hours last week, Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero sat down and talked with the President of the Basque region, Juan José Ibarretxe - something that Zapatero's predecessor, José María Aznar, refused to do during his last four years in office. But the chat only confirmed that they had nothing to talk about. In late December, the Basque regional parliament approved Ibarretxe's controversial proposal for a "free association" between the Basque Country and Spain. Under the plan, the wealthy northeastern region and its 2 million inhabitants would...
...places like Britain and Denmark, and accelerate Euroskepticism elsewhere. The topic took center stage at last week's meeting of European Socialist leaders in Madrid. "Voting yes for the European constitution is a step forward; voting no is a step backward toward crisis," Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero advised the French Socialists. Hollande agrees: "The European left, Europeans in general, and all our fellow French citizens have waited to see how we vote," he told Time after the Montpellier rally. "It's the constitution's first test by a large party in a founding...
...than asking them to die for it. But the fertility crisis has reached such a dire pass that politicians are beginning to speak out. In a letter to their E.U. colleagues last month, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Prime Ministers José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain and Göran Persson of Sweden urged the Union to "take new action to sustain Europe's demography and better reconcile professional, personal and family life with the aim of permitting couples to have as many babies as they want." Ron Lesthaeghe, a demographer...
...French President Jacques Chirac made one of the most ardent postelection declarations of European independence. "Now more than ever, [Europe] has the need, the necessity, to strengthen its dynamism and unity when faced with this great world power," he said on Nov. 5. Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero told Der Spiegel that Europeans should "have faith in the prospect of becoming the most important global power in 20 years." Of Europe's three most prominent antiwar leaders, only German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder urged cooperation. His congratulatory telegram to Bush pointed out that...
...live in Hurricane Alley to build houses that are more wind- and water-resistant so my tax dollars don't have to subsidize federal insurance for their beachfront housing. Dobb Mayo Holland, Michigan Spain's New Man In his interview with time, Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero claimed that "sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength" [Sept. 27]. To repeat an old saying, That's like comparing apples to herrings. There is a reverse spin on Zapatero's view: only a few weeks ago, two female Chechen terrorists blew...