Rajoy announces the end of the sacrifices before an election year – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid.- The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, announced Tuesday to the sacrifices and unveiled a set of social measures to “alleviate” the middle class hit by the economic crisis.

“We believe in the future of Spain if we continue with the economic policies we have put in place, you no longer have to require many sacrifices,” he said in the debate on the state of the nation, the most important parliamentary appointment year, DPA said.

Less than a hundred days to the municipal and regional elections in May, which will measure supporting the Government before the general planned at the end of the year, the Spanish chief executive made a positive review of the three years legislature.

“The state we are discussing today is a nation that has come out of the nightmare and rescued herself. A nation that begins to spin the wheel of economic activity, is already beginning to employment growth and reduced the number of unemployed, “he said in the House of Representatives.

Of all his decisions, not to ask stressed the rescue in 2012 when Spain was on the verge of bankruptcy. “It was the great social measure of the legislature,” he said.

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Rajoy to economic data clung to congratulate themselves have brought to Spain from recession and for fulfilling the promises made to beginning of the term.

“Spain has gone from being a country on the brink of bankruptcy to become recovery scenario. It’s not a problem for Europe,” he added.

announced that the Spanish economy will grow 2.4% this year, compared with 1.4% in 2014, and predicted 500,000 new jobs in the face of achieving the target of three million jobs.

In this context, the chief executive winked at the middle classes with the announcement of an aid package and measures, among which the law called “Second Chance”, with which intended to struggling families and entrepreneurs achieve a restructuring of its debts.

Also announced a special bonus for self-employed workers with family responsibilities, a reduced rate for new permanent contracts and grants for single parents with two children.

“None of these measures will mitigate the damage they have done their policies in these three years,” said the opposition leader, Pedro Sánchez, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE).

The face-off between Rajoy and Socialist leader became a war of data and an exchange of accusations following the present Government and earlier, led by the Socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004-2011).

Analysts believe that measures how are you the Government intends to recover part of the electorate, according to polls, now turns his back.

Rajoy said maintaining the purchasing power of pensioners and normalcy in the payment of their benefits.

Other hot topics such as corruption or the sovereignist challenge of the Catalonia region were also present at the last great political debate in the legislature.