The Economist on Spanish politics

On August 6, The Economist published an article titled "Anyone want to run this country", here; it made some headlines in the Catalan media, too, as it was highly critical of the opposition's Popular Party leader, Mariano Rajoy, who looks set to become Spain's next prime minister and promises "cuts without pain". Though regional branches of his party, especially in Valencia, have been involved in numerous corruption scandals, Spanish voters are fed up after seven years of Socialist rulers concentrating on marginal topics and not standing up to trade unions but going slow-motion on economic reforms.