"Mariano Rajoy Brey" is the Prime Minister of Spain, elected on 20 November 2011. He has been leader of the People's Party (Spain)/People's Party since 2004.

Under Prime Minister José María Aznar, Rajoy was Minister of Public Administration from 1996 to 1999 and Minister of Education from 1999 to 2000; he then served as first Deputy Prime Minister from 2000 to 2003. Rajoy led the People's Party into the Spanish general election, 2004/March 2004 general election, an election won by the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Subsequently Rajoy was Leader of the Opposition (Spain)/Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2011. He then led the People's Party (Spain)/People's Party to a landslide victory in the Spanish general election, 2011/2011 general election.

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The Civil Guard has frustrated ETA's intention of establishing a command cell in Barcelona, stopping a new campaign in Catalonia against people and possibly tourist interests.

This is a pause. It is not a renunciation of criminal activity.

It does not repent of anything and it does not ask the victims of terrorism for forgiveness.

The introduction of this legislation has been delayed for a few years. We are going to try to push this forward.

This is an attack against competition, against the interest of consumers.

Thirty-five kilos of dynamite are enough to blow up a building with no problem whatsoever.

One cannot pay a political price for peace. If we were to do so, terrorism would have won.

When certain crimes are committed in a country and it is possible to try them, it must be done in that country. That's the principle of territoriality.

When crimes are committed in one nation and it's possible to try those crimes there, that respects the principle of territoriality.