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Maria Dolores de Cospedal, president of the Castilla-La Mancha region and Spain's struggle for "cleaned up accounts"

07/22/2010

A 27% unemployment rate and GDP declline at annual rate of 3.1% by June 2012 in Castilla-La Mancha create difficult conditions. Cospedal is the senior leader in the Partido Popular after prime minister Mariano Rajoy. She says she wants growth and employment, but her first priority is to have "cleaned up accounts" so that Spain's borrowing costs can be brought down. Lack of credible finances in the regions are a major problem in Spain recognized by all sides, but the drive to reestablish credibility comes at a time of rising unemployment.

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