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José Luis R. Zapatero

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is the Socialist Prime Minister of Spain.

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Egypt: Joint statement by Heads of State and Government of France, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain

by Angela Merkel, David Cameron , José Luis R. Zapatero , Nicolas Sarkozy , Silvio Berlusconi

3 February 2011

We are watching with utmost concern the deteriorating situation in Egypt. The Egyptian people must be able to exercise freely their right to peaceful assembly, and enjoy the full protection of the security forces. Attacks against journalists are completely unacceptable.
We condemn all those (…)

“A call for respect and calm”

by José Luis R. Zapatero , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

2 March 2006

With increasing worry, we witness the tensions provoked by the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammed in the European journals which have been considered offensive by the Muslisms. We make a call for respect and calm and we ask the voice of reason to be heard. Last year Turkey and Spain (…)

“A summit for the future”

by José Luis R. Zapatero , Tony Blair

14 December 2005

Ten years ago, the countries of the Mediterranean Basin and the European Union met in Barcelona. Today, 35 countries meet in the same city to continue the process. It’s important to update our ambitions and to deal with the new challenges: terrorism, immigration, organized crime, etc. We should (…)

“Europe Is the Answer”

by José Luis R. Zapatero

29 November 2005

Tourists, students and immigrants coming to Spanish ports have not just entered Spain. They have arrived in the greatest area of liberty, democracy and social progress: the European Union. For the 453 million Europeans this is a reality but a goal for hundreds of thousands of others in the world (…)