Mariano Rajoy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday said the country's banks may have to raise capital on the financial markets to meet higher provisioning requirements. Rajoy, who was speaking at a news conference following a summit...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar suggested on Tuesday he may seek to make a political comeback by mounting a challenge to his party mate and political heir Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. In a rare interview on Spanish...

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande called on Thursday for an economic government for the euro zone with its own budget, the right to borrow, a harmonized tax system and a full-time president. At a 150-minute news conference marking...

BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - Spain and Portugal called on Monday for the euro zone to complete a banking union as Germany underscored legal hurdles before a central element of the plan to deal with failing banks can be introduced. "It is indispensable...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday that the European Union must stick to the agreed-on calendar for banking reform in the euro zone area and provide credit for small businesses. Rajoy, who was speaking at a news...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday called for the euro zone to move ahead with the creation of a bank resolution mechanism as part of an agreement to form a banking union in the area. Rajoy told a joint news conference with...

By Fiona Ortiz MADRID, May 8 (Reuters) - After a year of radical reforms that made Spain more competitive but also exacerbated a deep recession, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has largely lost his appetite for aggressive and unpopular cuts to pensions or...

* Spanish suspect held up to 38 mln euros in Swiss accounts * Former treasurer part of two Spanish corruption probes By Emma Farge GENEVA, May 6 (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have opened a money laundering investigation into a former treasurer of...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he backed potential additional action by the European Central Bank to help small businesses obtain funding at reasonable rates. The Spanish premier said the European Investment Bank could...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister and his Italian counterpart urged the European Union on Monday to take fast action to tackle high youth unemployment and to speed up the implementation of the euro zone banking union. Spain's Mariano Rajoy and...

MADRID (Reuters) - Europe risks a wave of anti-EU votes in 2014 European parliamentary elections unless a June summit of European Union leaders offers a concrete response to economic crisis, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Monday. "If the...

* Letta eyes wider backing in meeting with Spanish PM * Wants EU policy shift towards more growth, less austerity * ISTAT says economy will shrink 1.4 pct this year * But data suggests recession gradually easing By Gavin Jones ROME, May 6 (Reuters) -...