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Spain Papers Review – Thursday December 17 2009



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The admission to hospital of the Aminatou Haidar leads most of the papers

El Mundo says the activist agreed to be admitted to hospital last night after vomiting blood. She has accepted treatment but is continuing with her hunger strike.
El País reveals that envoys sent by King Mohamed VI are in the United States negotiating a solution to the case. The paper says the envoys are the head of Moroccan espionage and a friend of the King.
ABC says that before her admission to hospital Zapatero had promised a quick solution to the crisis, and the PP has blamed the Spanish Government for the ‘kidnapping’ of her.
Público notes that the EU has ruled out placing economic sanctions on Morocco.

Público dedicates its front page to what it says is a new Obama peace plan. The paper says that the United States, France and Egypt have designed a calendar for talks which would create a Palestinian State with the 1967 borders. The paper says the main problems are the dividing of Jerusalem and the Jewish settlements.

El País reports that the Ministry of Defence is to send 500 more Spanish soldiers to Afghanistan. The paper notes that the Taliban attacked a Spanish convoy yesterday, but there were no injuries.

El País says that Iran has fired a more exact missile the Sajjil 2. The paper says that with its 2,000 kilometre range it is able to reach Israel and the US bases in the Gulf.

El Mundo today leads with the claim that the National Court judge, Baltasar Garzón, had asked the President of Santander, Emilio Botín, on several occasions for the 302,000 dollars he needed to give courses in New York on his sabbatical year. El Mundo prints a copy of one of the letters sent by the judge to the banker.
The paper says five months after returning to his post in the National Court the judge dismissed legal action against his sponsor.

El País says that the CEOE, the employers’ organisation, has rejected the resignation of its Chairman, Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, despite the financial problems being suffered by his companies. The paper says the CEOE executive have given him their unanimous support.
ABC also highlights the support for him.

La Razón says the deal has been done to place Rodrigo Rato as the new Chairman of Caja Madrid. The paper says he will take up his post from January 28.

Público notes that the Prime Minister has attacked the rating agencies. Zapatero reminded Congress yesterday that they did not know how to predict the crisis, and that he is supporting a European norm to put controls on the agencies.

El Mundo has the logos of both Antena 3 and La Sexta on its masthead today as the paper reports on their merger, but says that both brands are to be kept.

El Mundo tells us that the Prosecutors Office is investigating Unió Democràtica, a Catalan political party, in a link to the Filesa corruption case. The paper says that the party spends but does not pay.

ABC tells us a voting error by some Socialist Senators has added 250 million to the state budget for next year, as 13 amendments presented by the CiU were approved in error.

El Mundo says things are heating up in Copenhagen and shows a photo of a policeman hitting a demonstrator with a truncheon. The paper says the Danish police are direct, and if told to clear an area, they do so.
El País has the same photo on its front page, and says that tension is increasing in Copenhagen as the political leaders are about to arrive.
La Razón describes Copenhagen as a farce, and says that Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales and thousands of anti-system demonstrators have converted the summit into a call against capitalism.
Público notes that 119 presidents are arriving in Copenhagen and there is nothing concrete for them to sign.

And finally
In its Vida & Artes section, El País looks ahead to the vote on a bullfighting ban in the Catalan parliament. The paper declares that the fall of the bulls is here.
ABC says that Cataluña is mobilising in support of the ‘National Fiesta’. It prints the photos of 16 personalities who are in favour of bullfighting ahead of the vote tomorrow.
La Razón notes that the Socialist party has imposed the whip and party discipline on the abortion vote, but is not doing so regarding bullfighting. (Via Original Source)

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