Reform hue and cry

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday said a pact between the government and trade unions to help combat unemployment in Spain was "unlikely." Rajoy made the remarks after he had met with representatives of the unions and employers' ...

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pledged to cut taxes in Spain before the next election, due in 2015, as he forecast a return to growth for the euro area's fourth-largest economy. Im not satisfied in any way with the results weve achieved, Rajoy told a ...

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) speaks with Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho during their one-day summit meeting in Madrid, Spain, on May 13, 2013. (Xinhua/Xie Haining) 1 2 3 4 1 2

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy looks on before delivering his speech to present a new reform program during a session at Parliament in Madrid May 8, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Sergio Perez MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy ...

An economy ministers upbeat outburst; Germanys banking downer; and money for young talent. Not so fast: Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Passos Coelho want swifter Eurozone banking union. Spanish government borrowing costs continued to moderate this week, ...

Pool Moncloa / Acceso libre The President said it is essential that the European Union follows the agreed schedule for banking union, and adopts measures to ensure credit reaches families and SMEs and to tackle the significant youth unemployment ...

Spain will emerge stronger from the economic crisis and will return to prosperity, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in comments ahead of this week's Iberian Summit. The crisis has had a "tremendous social impact," Rajoy said in comments e-mailed to ...

The popularity of Spain's right wing Popular Party government led by Mariano Rajoy continues to fall, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday. The poll, which is carried out every month by Metroscope for the 'El Pais' newspaper shows that ...

After a year of radical reforms that made Spain more competitive but also exacerbated a deep recession, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has largely lost his appetite for aggressive and unpopular cuts to pensions or state bureaucracy. His plunging ...