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3/04/2009

Spanish daily El Pais describes the London Summit meeting as a 'Fertile' G20.

Comment in Expansion 2 says that while the G20 commitments are not sufficient to resolve the crisis alone, Spanish Finance Minister, Solbes is 'satisfied' with results of summit.

In an editorial El Mundo states that the 'G20 sets the music but forgets the lyrics - eg creation of financial stability council without outlining its role.'

01/04/2009

El Pais featured Zapatero’s G20 video, which forecasts the beginning of the recovery. Zapatero says in the video that he wants a 'coordinated effort that will lead to start of the recovery after a crisis caused by greed'.

31/03/2009

Cinco Dias reported that Zapatero said the G20 meeting in London will bring back confidence to markets, by drawing up a strategy to reduce  uncertainty and encourage credibility.

27/03/2009

Cinco Dias reported that the EU wants to impose its ownagenda at the G20 meeting. It said that the EU delegations want theconclusions of the London summit to follow step by step the EU agendaof reforms of international financial markets. The paper goes on to saythat 'it seems that they are getting it'.

23/03/2009

Europa reports that the Spanish Finance Vice-President, Pedro Solbes, hopes the London Summit will be a success and warns that lack of cooperation between countries could worsen the economic crisis.

21/03/2009

UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, highlights the importance of the European Union's role in solving the economic crisis in an article published in the national newspaper Público.

18/03/2009

Students from a range of disciplines came together at Madrid's Complutense University last week to give their views on the forthcoming London Summit in a discussion organised by the British Embassy in Madrid.

17/03/2009

El País publishes an article by Felipe González, the former Prime Minister, comparing the US and Europe's reactions to the global financial crisis and calling for unity.

An op-ed in El País by Jean-Marie Colombani, a former editor of French newspaper Le Monde, calls on Europeans and the US to reach an agreement at what he describes as a 'historical meeting'.

16/03/2009

Spanish Foreign Secretary, Miguel Angel Moratinos, believes there are 'no divergences' between the US position and European proposals in the run-up to the London Summit. Mr Moratinos also said that the European Council meeting in Brussels on 19 and 20 March would allow Member States to coordinate further their position before 2 April.

10/03/2009

The Ambassador is speaking about the London Summit on the UK in Spain website.

06/03/2009

With the role of  tax havens an issue ahead of the London Summit, La Gaceta reports that more than half the companies that are members of Madrid's stock exchange Ibex 35 index operate from such locations.

04/03/2009

Efe news agency reports that the Spanish government has sent the UK a list of 10 proposals for the London  Summit, including making it obligatory for banks to report on their risks and their executives' salaries, a Spanish news agency has reported. The document also suggests giving the IMF a supervisory role in the international economy.

24/02/2009

Mexican newspaper El Sol de Mexico reporting on the European leaders meeting last Sunday quoted Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero emphasising the need for a new ‘solid, transparent and ethical’ international financial system and calling for action in the London Summit

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• Súmese al debate
• El Camino hacia la Cumbre
• Glosario
• 'The G20 Summit will establish a fairer international order' - Zapatero
• Preparación de la Cumbre del G-20 en Londres: Posición de España
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