Economic growth at the heart of the Spanish election campaign

Eduardo Damaso highlights the importance of economic questions in the Spanish legislative elections to be held on March 9th. "Four years ago, many analysts announced spectacular growth for Spain, turning it into the eighth strongest economic power on the planet. But at the time some had the courage to say, beware ! This growth depends too much on concrete and real estate. Now the crisis is well and truly here. The Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is not responsible for it and has not added to it either. He even has the courage to go against the grain during this campaign, pointing out that there is little technological innovation and development in the Spanish economy. If he wins, he will face the biggest political challenge in his career. And as far as we [the Portuguese] are concerned, we had better not even imagine what would happen to us if Spain were to fall ill..."

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