Skip navigation

Spain banks may need to raise money to meet provisions: Rajoy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday said the country's banks may have to raise capital on the financial markets to meet higher provisioning requirements. Full story

Spain's former PM Aznar suggests may challenge Rajoy

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar suggested on Tuesday he may seek to make a political comeback by mounting a challenge to his party mate and political heir Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Full story

Spain's Rajoy balks at making deeper reforms

MADRID (Reuters) - 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. Full story

Spain's Rajoy calls on Europe for growth policies

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's prime minister called on Wednesday for Europe to adopt growth policies to balance austerity and issued a veiled demand for Germany to boost spending. Full story

Rajoy's party treasurer questioned in graft probe

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish prosecutors questioned the former treasurer of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's party on Wednesday in an inquiry launched following new allegations of corruption that have shaken the government. Full story

In Spain, slow justice favors Rajoy

MADRID (Reuters) - The tortuous procedures of the Spanish court system and a weak political opposition mean corruption allegations are unlikely to force Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy from office. Full story

Sponsored Links

Articles

Spain's opposition Socialists tell Rajoy to resign

Spain's Rajoy denies wrongdoing in kickbacks scandal

Spain's Rajoy adds some stimulus to the austerity

Video

  Madrid Seeks EU Banking Union

Spain's Prime Minister Rajoy has called for centralized control of national budgets in the euro zone, with CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

advertisement | ad info

Related Photos

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Peru's President Ollanta Humala chat during the opening ceremony of the VII Pacific Allianz Summit in Cali
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Peru's President Ollanta Humala chat during the opening ceremony of the VII Pacific Allianz Summit in Cali

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera , Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Peru's President Ollanta Humala chat during the opening ceremony of the VII Pacific Allianz Summit in Cali May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Spanish PM Rajoy attends a joint news conference with Portuguese PM Passos Coelho in Madrid
Spanish PM Rajoy attends a joint news conference with Portuguese PM Passos Coelho in Madrid

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attends a joint news conference with Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid May 13, 2013. Rajoy on Monday called for the euro zone to move ahead with the creation of a bank resolution mechanism as part of an agreement to fo

Spanish PM Rajoy looks at Portuguese PM Passos Coelho as they pose for a family portrait in Madrid
Spanish PM Rajoy looks at Portuguese PM Passos Coelho as they pose for a family portrait in Madrid

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy looks at Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho as they pose for a family portrait during their one-day summit meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS)