Spain Papers Review – Tuesday January 5 2010
The latest from ETA, Cuba and Mr Bean on the front pages in Spain today
El País leads with Obama activating the anti-terrorist alert after the offensive being seen from Al Qaeda. The paper says that the threat from Yemen has changed the President’s agenda, while Europe continues to debate the use of full-body scanners at airports.
ABC says that José Blanco, the Development Minister, has ruled out their use in Spain without agreement in the EU, but notes too that the Government has not ruled out talking about the matter with the US at a meeting planned in Washington on Jan 13.
La Razón notes that the citizens from 14 countries now have to be body searched before they can fly to the United States.
El Mundo leads again with more on the ETA informant case and headlines that the Government made manoeuvres so only Judge Garzón would handle the informant. The paper claims that Grande-Marlaska was offer the post of link judge in London in exchange for blocking the instruction of the case until Garzón returned from New York.
El País notes that ETA has tried to silence its prisoners with the expulsion of five dissidents. They were accused of breaking discipline.
El Mundo reports that ETA prisoners are expecting the group to follow the lead of Otegi and announce a ‘technical halt’ in violent action.
La Razón notes that ETA prisoners have threatened taking actions against prison officers and directors.
El Mundo says that rejection of the new abortion law has fallen by 7% over the past month, but there is still 75% rejection on the point of 16 year olds being given the procedure without the permission of their parents.
Público notes that Development Minister, José Blanco, has accused the church of hypocrisy as they now reject abortion but did not do so when it took place under the PP Government.
El País tells us that the Ministry for Employment is considering reforms to the pensions system to make it more viable. Widows pension could be replaced with temporary payments, and the period used for the calculation of pensions could be extended.
El País has a front page photo of three men standing on a pipe, with the news that water from the Tajo river is now finally flowing to the Diamiel marshes where underground fires have been devastating the national park.
Público has a cut out and display bright yellow front page with the translated Greenpeace slogan, ‘Politicians talk, Leaders Act’, but with the talk replaced by ‘imprison’.
It’s because the head of Greenpeace España, Juan López de Uralde, remains in prison in isolation in Denmark, 18 days after being arrested for breaking a security cordon at the Copenhagen summit. The paper says that Greenpeace has called on Zapatero to put pressure on the Danish Government to get him released, but that the Foreign Ministry here has said it can do nothing as the Danish judicial system is beyond reproach.
Público notes the legislation in Denmark was toughened up just days before the summit.
El Mundo has a photo of Mr. Bean looking out of the EU presidency website and its front page today. The paper captions ‘Mr Bean inaugurates the Spanish six months’.
ABC has a screenshot of the web site and the caption, Mr Bean ‘collapses’ the Spanish Presidency.
El Mundo says that the thaw proclaimed by Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, in Cuba has received a slap in the face after the island did not allow the Euro MP Luis Yáñez entry. The Socialist party has asked for explanations.
El País says that Moratinos has called the Cuban ambassador in Spain for a meeting today.
La Razón leads with the story and says that the diplomatic incident questions Spanish foreign policy on the island in the middle of the EU presidency. The paper has a photo of Fidel Castro, who re-appeared in a video yesterday which shows him in a wheelchair, along with his brother Raúl, and the visiting Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega.
ABC leads with the story and notes Cuba has given no explanation for refusing entry to the Socialist deputy.
El Mundo had an interview with Joan Laporta yesterday, but today says that the Catalan parties have welcomed his jump into politics with sarcasm.
El Mundo reports that two weeks after the Partido Popular approved a code of good conduct, Mariano Rajoy has brought back the ex EuroMP, Gerardo Galeote, into the fold despite his continued implication in the Gürtel case. He has been given a role in a group which will keep watch on the Government’s spending during the six month EU presidency.
La Razón notes that the EU President has overtaken Spain with the announcement of an economic summit in the month of March.
La Razón informs us that the Government will not use 24 million vaccines it had ordered against the A flu.
And finally,
El Mundo reports that the President of South Africa is extending his harem. He is marrying for the fifth time, and has announced a sixth. (Via Original Source)
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