Brussels, 22/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Ministers in the new conservative Spanish government took office on Thursday 22 December with the economy at the top of their To do lists and planning to introduce emergency austerity measures to tackle the crisis.
One after the other, the ministers were sworn in by King Juan Carlos, who had sworn in the new prime minister the day before, Mariano Rajoy. The finance minister, 51-year-old Luis de Guindos, will have the tough job of combining...