José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: Frases en inglés
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero es Expresidente del Gobierno de España. Frases en inglés.
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“We are lucky that a crisis of this magnitude only comes around once every 80 years.”
In an interview with Spanish national television.
As President, 2008
Fuente: Zapatero evita respaldar a De la Vega y asume que habrá crisis de Gobierno http://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/zapatero-de-la-vega-crisis-gobierno-tve-20100309.html
“It's likely that the worst of the economic crisis is behind us.”
29th April 2009
Source: http://www.elmundo.es/mundodinero/2009/04/29/economia/1241010748.html
As President, 2008
As President, 2008
Fuente: Diciembre 2008. Prensa http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/439407/
Oct. 2003, when Cristóbal Montoro, then Home Affairs Minister, announced that there was a surplus in the public purse.
As Opposition Leader
Fuente: El Mundo, Rodríguez Zapatero reprocha a Rajoy que no afronte el debate presupuestario como líder del PP http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/10/28/espana/1067356250.html (Spanish)
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"Peace is not a natural state of man, as the great pacifist Gandhi told us. But man can create it. If we have broken down walls that seemed unbreakable, we will not passively agree that more profound differences should their place."
5th Dec. 2005
Sources: Transcripción completa del discurso en la web de la ONU http://www.spainun.org/pages/viewfull.cfm?ElementID=2229&print=1. Many extracts taken from the press, e.g. Cadena Ser http://www.cadenaser.com/espana/articulo/alegato-terrorismo-primera-reunion-alianza/csrcsrpor/20051127csrcsrnac_1/Tes.
As President, 2005
“I would like to admit the clear error I made in front of all Spanish citizens.”
January 2007, apologising for his announcement on 29th December 2006, "in a year things will be even better"/
As President, 2007
Fuente: El País: Minuto a minuto del debate sobre política antiterrorista en el Congreso http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Minuto/minuto/debate/politica/antiterrorista/Congreso/elpepuesp/20070115elpepunac_9/Tes (Spanish).
“The earth belongs to nobody except the wind.”
At the 15th Climate Change Summit, Copenhagen, 17th December 2009.
Source: http://noticias.lainformacion.com/medio-ambiente/zapatero-desconcierta-a-todos-con-su-frase-sobre-la-tierra-y-el-viento_sEhELshTqdhjO0fz7EJwe2/
As President, 2008
“During the next legislature, we will aim for full employment in Spain.”
Debate on the State of the Nation, 3rd July 2007
As President, 2007
Fuente: http://www.cadenaser.com/economia/audios/prometio-zapatero-llegar-pleno-empleo/csrcsrpor/20090127csrcsreco_2/Aes/
In reference to the ETA bombing at Madrid airport, El Confidencial http://www.elconfidencial.com/noticias/noticia.asp?id=20607 (Spanish). That same day, Zapatero said that calling the attack an 'accident' had been a slip of the tongue, but it was seized by the press and provoked anger, for example the slogan "Killing people is not an accident" used in the protests of March, 2007.
As President, 2006
To Hugo Chavez, who had accused Aznar of being a racist and a fascist in the 17th Iberoamerican Summit.
As President, 2007
Fuente: El Mundo: El Rey se enfrenta a gritos con Chávez en defensa de Aznar: ¿Por qué no te callas? http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/11/10/internacional/1194711476.html (Spanish)
“Today things are better than a year ago. But within a year things will be even better.”
Presidential press release on 29th December 2006, one day before an ETA bomb attack at Madrid airport, resulting in 2 deaths.
As President, 2006
Fuente: el Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/12/29/espana/1167368963.html.
“Gender equality is more successful than armed force”
Interview with "Time" Magazine, September 22th, 2004
As President, 2004
“If we live together, together we must decide.”
Start of an speech in the Congress of Deputies against Ibarretxe's plan. February 1st, 2005
As President, 2005
As President, 2007
Fuente: Entrevista http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2007/01/25/espana/2076551.html (Spanish), interview with Baltasar Garzón, 25th Jan 2007.
As President, 2008
Presidential press release after ETA's 2006 ceasefire declaration, September 2006.
Sources: Efe Agency, PSOE PSOE http://www.psoe.es/ambito/saladeprensa/news/index.do?id=89659&action=View and the general press.
As President, 2006
“The photo is the most important thing.”
Interview with Mohamed VI in the headquarters of the UN, September 2010.
As President, 2008
Fuente: http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/09/21/espana/1285022449.html
“In democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people.”
24th Feb. 2008
As President, 2008