The breakdown in talks at the meeting between the Presidents of the regions in Spain leads many papers

El Mundo notes that the PP controlled regions have said no to Zapatero’s empty pact. The paper says the Prime Minister has accused them of ‘a lack of political worth and institutional loyalty’. The PP described the attempt at an agreement as ‘ambiguous and improvised’.
El Mundo shows a photo of some of the regional presidents having coffee with Prince Felipe during the morning session yesterday. El País has the same photo.
ABC says the summit was unable to reach any agreement in the face of the crisis. It says after ten hours of meeting the Government did not manage to do any deals with the regions on the economy or unemployment, and that Zapatero has accused the PP leaders of a lack of loyalty to Spain.
La Razón headlines the failure of the unemployment summit, and notes it is the first time that the Government has not managed to reach agreement on a single recommendation.
El País headlines a quote from Zapatero ‘The PP Presidents have washed their hands against unemployment. It notes that the regional conference ended without agreement, and that the Prime Minister accused the PP of a lack of loyalty and of immaturity.
Público headlines that the PP has torpedoed a pact against the recession, and says the regions governed by the right have denied to sign the final document, despite the fact that the Government had taken on board most of their proposals on the economy and employment.

El Mundo tells us that five Caja, savings banks, have made a loss in the third quarter of this year. The paper says that the problems for the Cajas are ever more evident, and that four of the five are already involved in merger talks.
ABC reports that Caja Madrid has fined the President of the CEOE, Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, because of a 26.5 million € debt. The paper says it could result in him being dismissed from the board of the savings bank.

La Razón reports that the Ministry for Health has confirmed that you will not be able to smoke in public places from next year. The paper says that those in the hostelry sector estimate losses of 33 billion next year.

La Razón leads with the headline that crucifixes will only be removed from classrooms in Spain if the parents ask. The paper says that the Castilla y León High Court has gone against the Socialists.

El Mundo reveals that female prison officers are against the new Equality Law, which obliges them to deal with male prisoners.

Público warns that a new cold front, with snow, will cross Spain from tomorrow.

In international news:
El Mundo has a photo of Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, with US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. The paper says Spain and the United States ‘will work together’ to try to get Aminatu Haidar to abandon her hunger strike.
However ABC says that Moratinos did not get the US to put pressure on Rabat to solve the case, and El País says that the US does not understand the matter, despite the Spanish requests.

El País notes that tension between the rich and poor countries is affecting the Copenhagen summit on climate change, which the paper considers is now entering its most decisive time.
Público reports chaos at the summit and says that 25,000 accredited people can’t get in because of the lack of space and poor organisation. The paper also notes that the African countries are rebelling against the attempts to bury the Kioto agreement.

ABC highlights that 130 French politicians have sent a letter to Cataluña in defence of bullfighting, and that it comes ahead of the debate on the new Catalan anti bullfighting law. The paper has a large front page photo of the most famous matadors in Spain.

El País reports that Abu Dabi has avoided another stock market earthquake thanks to its help for Dubai. They have injected 6.8 billion €.

El Mundo notes that Silvio Berlusconi has blamed the ‘hostile press’ for the attack which ended with his broken nose. The paper says that his personal doctor has said the Italian Prime Minister is ‘downcast’.
ABC says a Socialist deputy in Spain, Pérez Castell, has joked about the attack on his webpage. He commented that ‘Crazy people don’t lie’.
El País says the attack on Berlusconi has woken the ghost of political violence in Italy. ‘I don’t understand so much hate’, said the Prime Minister.
Público considers the aggression has deepened the divisions in Italy.

And finally,
El Mundo reports that an Iranian man has become the first gay man to achieve political asylum in Spain because of his sexual orientation. (Via Original Article)