Talk to Al Jazeera - Zapatero: 'Europe is stronger than the crisis'

Despite many meetings with European leaders to stop the contagion, the economic crisis in Europe is spreading. Fast and with severe consequences. Spain is the most recent target for a European bailout. Last week, facing a potential run on its banks, European leaders promised hundreds of billions of euros to Spain to help calm the situation. But with a massive government debt and more than 24 per cent unemployment, will the Spanish people get through this? Jose Luis Zapatero, Spain's former prime minister, left office last year as the crisis was taking hold. He called for elections hoping a new government would get control of the situation. And he himself decided not to run for another term. Before the most recent bailout promises were made to Spain's banks Talk to Al Jazeera met Zapatero to discuss what has been described as the most difficult political crisis facing the world right now.

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[pruebasdegajo]

menudo imbecil deberia estar en la carcel este subnormal, pero que incompetencia politica tiene España

[1pen2books]

Mr Zapo, socialist ex-president earns: 78.185 euros. A good salary for someone thanks whom spain went bankrupt and doesn´t work as president anymore. " They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one (Tehilim 14, 3). But spaniards are hapy anyway: Messi has scored the record of 68 goals and besides that we have Ronaldo,Ronaldinho, Kaka, Casillas and the best football players in the world.

[davlor86]

FUISTE, ENDEUDASTE...aprende a escribir

[08Sonic]

Independientemente de que gane Chávez o Capriles vienen medidas económica duras para el 2013 :O Venezuela tiene super-deudas y esta abusando de su capacidad de endeudamiento. No es la 1ª vez que ocurre, ya Lusinchi endeudo demasiado a venezuela y Carlos Andrés Perez recibio el gobierno con un Banco Central de Venezuela sin dinero, practicamente quebrado que tuvo que acudir a pedir socorro al Banco Mundial. ¿se repetira la historia otra vez? al paso que vamos sí...

[08Sonic]

"España debio ahorrar más" pero cuando fuistes presidente la endeudastes hasta el cielo. Vete al llorar al cementerio, estas muerto políticamente, otro Chávez que endeuda irresponsablemente a su país. Por cierto Venezuela se esta endeudando demasiado con los Chinos, bancos japoneses y extranjeros, que puede ser el inicio de una gran mega-crisis política-económica similar a la de Grecia en Europa :O

[TrueHamal]

Ahora levanta el País, Pueblo, a través de las imposiciones, las deducciones y las restas, como siempre, que ya tienes ahí a esos a los que votas cada cuatro años para que te lo echen abajo de vez en cuando para que así te ocupes en algo y no te aburras de tanto descansar, no te jode, que aquí los que dan el callo son ellos.

¡*Benditos sean ellos!, porque existen gracias a Nosotros.

[NapsTeRvk]

Porque no decapitan a este retrasado los de alqaeda? Así nos hacen un favor y nos ahorramos su pensión vitalicia, como peor presidente insuperable de la historia de España

[Tabarca87]

este señor no debería salir a la calle por vergüenza, si dice que deberíamos haber ahorrado más, de momento que renuncie a su paga y empiece a trabajar. (si es que encuentra algo en el solar español)

[Curatica]

... also, idiots like this gentleman should be thrown in a dungeon or in a lunatic asylum. Those are the places where all the EU apologists and their acolytes belong.

[ruddo1970]

Sounded like your normal deluded , or untruthful politician.

More democracies everywhere eh? And in the EU that is actively anti-democratic, disregarding the will of the people, ignoring them when asked what they want in referendum!

The US to blame for the financial problems, but the EU using the same system of fiat currency and fractional banking. The same issues have visited Ireland, Spain and Greece, etc due to low interest rates and inability respond in a directed manner!

Unbelievable!