Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; born 4 August 1960) is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election. He left office on 21 December 2011...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth4 August 1960
CountrySpain
diversity spain citizenship
Castilian Spanish speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian speaking Spain, Galician speaking Spain and Basque speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship
dramatic explain goes john kerry maybe terrorist troops withdraw
Maybe John Kerry does not know - but I am happy to explain it to him - that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack.
almost bush clear deaths mr occupation war
I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.
against allegiance deaths dialogue government kerry ourselves peace spain war
We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration.
war iraq hatred
Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate
successful gender force
Gender equality is more successful than armed force
socialist-government inequality surplus
With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality.
party socialist-party priorities
The main priority of the Socialist Party is education".
fighting essence risk
The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.
military terrorism civilized
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.
office leader want
I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.
research-and-development community doe
I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.
voice citizens democratic
Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.
maturity common-sense voting
Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.