Mariano Rajoy Quotes

• The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Government, Spain, Worst

  "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

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• I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because it affects the weakest part of society.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Favors, Want, Reducing

  "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

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• There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this is not the case of Spain now and it will not be in the future.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Country, Spain, Want

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• The main target for the next years should be growth and job creation.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Jobs, Years, Growth

  "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

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• For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Country, Enemy, Unemployment

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• Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Spain, Economic, Difficulty

  "Rajoy Says Spain in ‘Extreme Difficulty’ as Bond Demand Drops" by Emma Ross-Thomas, www.bloomberg.com. April 4, 2012.

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• The distance separating the statute and constitutionality is so abysmal that negotiations are impossible.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Distance, Impossible, Negotiation

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• We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation, and reform the labor laws.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Cutting, Labor Laws, Reform

  "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lalli Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

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• Talking and pledging is very easy but governing is slightly more difficult, the policy reforms that we've implemented have worked, and backtracking would be a blunder. When I see that, with the help of Podemos, the Socialists wants to change everything we've done, I just think it's bad for Spain.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Change, Thinking, Talking

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• Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Europe, Doubt, Projects

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• Spain is finding it very difficult to finance itself with sovereign debt risk premium so high.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Risk, Spain, Debt

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