Spain Govt Puts 'Social' Back in Socialism

[Judi Lynn]

Spain Govt Puts 'Social' Back in Socialism

Tuesday July 27, 2004 10:46 AM


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By ED McCULLOUGH

Associated Press Writer

MADRID, Spain (AP) - Propelled to power by anger over the country's worst terror attack, Spain's new Socialist government first tackled foreign policy, fulfilling a pledge to withdraw troops from Iraq.

But 100 days later, the Socialists are living up to their name, turning their attention to liberal social change.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's agenda includes support for stem cell research, hiking wages and pensions, creating affordable housing and, perhaps most dramatically, legalizing same-sex marriage.

``What we expect from this government is ... the realization of a dream, the possibility of matrimony between people of the same sex,'' said Pedro Zerolo, a lawyer who is the first openly gay man elected to Madrid's city council. ``We're counting the days.''
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4355755,00.html

[Dying Eagle]

1. I am jealous

sounds like a nice government.