Jobs, cuts to dominate Spanish vote
A Cabinet minister involving 1996 and 2004 under conservative Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, Rajoy twice lost to Socialist participant leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, inside 2004 and 2008.But his conservative accessory swept to victory featuring in regional and resident elections last few possibly will, presaging pardon? polls predict wish transpire a prime ministerial triumph the third period around.Zapatero has called the initial appointment and announced he would not seek a third designate.Rajoys chief pretender is Socialist candidate Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. The 60-year-old served under Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and for the most part recently under Zapatero, rising to the positions of deputy prime minister and interior minister.Rubalcaba has called on the European Central incline to defend the euro, which Spain and 16 other nations together with Germany, France and Italy draw on having the status of their currency.