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Mariano Rajoy

(1955) Politician Spain

14 quotes in 106 categories

Mariano Rajoy is a politician from Spain, best known for Una España mejor / A Better Spain.

Quick Facts About Mariano Rajoy

Born: March 27, 1955
Nationality: Spain
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Una España mejor / A Better Spain
Spouse: Elvira Fernández

About Mariano Rajoy

Mariano Rajoy Brey is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018. A member of the People's Party, he served as the party's president from 2004 to 2018. At a total of nearly 15 years, Rajoy was the longest-serving politician in the Spanish government since the transition to democracy, having held ministerial offices continuously from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2018.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Order of Merit Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of the Aztec Eagle Ribbon of the Order of the Republic of Serbia Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ

Quotes by Mariano Rajoy

Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence.

Consequence

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It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years.

Anyone

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Spain is finding it very difficult to finance itself with sovereign debt risk premium so high.

Debt

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For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country…

Circumstances

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We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.

Confidence

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We all have our problems and we are working to find a solution to ours and also to help the eurozone. We…

Also

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Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling…

Difficulty

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The distance separating the statute and constitutionality is so abysmal that negotiations are impossible.

Distance

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There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this…

Cases

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I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because…

Favors

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The main target for the next years should be growth and job creation.

Creation

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There won't be any miracles. We never promised any. But as we have said before, when things are done properly, the results…

Any

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Talking and pledging is very easy but governing is slightly more difficult, the policy reforms that we've implemented have worked, and backtracking…

Backtracking

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The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing

Government

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