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Cáceres, Javier
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Spain's suicidal austerity
The yields on ten-year Spanish bonds on Monday rose above the critical six-percent barrier for the first time this year, with the Spanish economy shrinking for the second consecutive quarter. The country needs to strike out in a new direction instead of setting itself ever more austerity targets, writes the left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Without doubt, Spain must economise. Its budget deficit rose to 8.5 percent of the gross domestic product last year. But it's suicidal for Spain to try and reach the 3 percent limit by the end of 2013. To do that Madrid would have to axe 55 billion euros from its budget. ... Not even the Greeks have been forced to accept such a programme. ... It's becoming increasingly clear that austerity is only deepening the chasm in which Spain has found itself for some time now. This is a drama for Spain and, as the falling price of the euro demonstrates, for the Eurozone as a whole. The whole situation screams out for a change in direction."
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Standing together in the battle against Eta
The vast majority of Spaniards stand united in the fight against Eta, writes the left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung: "The leadership of the Basque terrorist organisation Eta ... lives 'a thousand kilometres from reality'. The striking thing about this observation is that it stems not from the opponents of the terrorist organisation ... but from the pen of Txema Matanzas, until recently the radicals' key ideologist. It is time to put an end to the violence, Matanzas declared from prison. The idea that the state so despised by Eta will once more sit down at the negotiating table as it did in 2006 is completely misguided. ... Three times various governments have ventured to negotiate, and three times Eta went back to setting off bombs in the name of its idea of the Basque Country. Both major parties, the governing Socialists as well as the conservative People's Party, are demonstrating unity in the fight against Eta with their words and their actions. This unity is profoundly shared by almost the entire Spanish population, and enjoys widespread support from abroad."
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The shadow of Basque terrorism is back in Spain
Javier Cáceres writes that ETA's announcement that it is ending the ceasefire did not come as a surprise. "ETA is trying to blame the government for the failure of the peace process. However it is the Basque separatist group alone that has destroyed all hopes of a future without terror. It is a sect that lives in a parallel world which is like a self-imposed dungeon... They pursue a brand of nationalist ethno-terrorism which they adorn with socialist lyrics... This makes the challenge that the two popular parties in Spain are facing even greater. The time has come to pull anti-terrorism politics out of the swamp of intra-party bickering."
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