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June 12, 2012

Spanish Bailout Only Muddies Euro Waters

Richard Gwyn, Toronto Star

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Proud, stiff-backed, serious, romantic, melancholic, too-often looking backward at long ago imperial glories. These might be, very roughly, a fair summary of many people's impressions of Spaniards.

Except that the news conference given this weekend by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, showed a quite different side of the Spanish character. He staged a role-model performance in the art of artful dodging.

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TAGGED: Mariano Rajoy, Eurozone, Spain

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