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Viva, Zapatero! Spain.(Reassessing the Spanish prime minister)(Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero)

The Economist (US) | July 29, 2006 | Copyright

An unexpected tale of success in Madrid

SELDOM can a European prime minister have had a less auspicious start. It was only days after al-Qaeda's Madrid train bombings on March 11th 2004 that the Socialists unexpectedly won an election in Spain, propelling their leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, into the top job. Mr Zapatero was inexperienced, ill-prepared and unprepossessing; he was nicknamed "Bambi", as he often looked like a startled fawn caught in the headlights. His very first action was to pull Spanish troops out of Iraq, infuriating the Americans and provoking…

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