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Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos gestures during a news conference at the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness in Madrid on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Spain will ask for a bailout for banks felled by bad real estate loans, in an about-face that European officials welcomed Saturday and said could cost up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion). A rescue for Spain will be Europe's fourth since the single currency bloc's debt crisis erupted two years ago. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Europe bailout of Spain could cost $125B

By Daniel Woolls and Sarah DiLorenzo - Associated Press

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures June 4, 2012, during a meeting with Republic of Singapore deputy premier Tharman Shanmugaratnam at La Moncloa palace in Madrid. (Associated Press)

Spain premier calls for EU bank unity plan

By Ciaran Giles - Associated Press

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told a Spanish Senate session Tuesday that Europe "needs to support those that are in difficulty." (Associated Press)

Spain appeals for help as banks struggle

By Ciaran Giles - Associated Press

Demonstrators play drums as they march in a protest to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the "Indignados" movement in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Spanish activists angered by grim economic prospects planned nationwide demonstrations Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of their protest movement that inspired similar groups in other countries. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

At least 100,000 march in Spain over austerity

By Alan Clendenning - Associated Press

Spanish king apologizes for elephant hunting trip

By CIARAN GILES - Associated Press

Government spokeswoman and deputy premier Soraya Saenz de Santamaria speaks Dec. 30, 2011, during a press conference following the new conservative government's second Cabinet meeting at the Monlcoa Palace in Madrid. (Associated Press)

Spain revises up deficit and raises taxes

By Daniel Woolls - Associated Press

Mariano Rajoy (left) is sworn in before King Juan Carlos (right) to become Spain's new prime minister at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Mr. Rajoy's Popular Party won a landslide victory in the Nov. 20 elections on promises to lift Spain out of its economic crisis. (Associated Press)

Spain’s new prime minister targets budget gap

By Andre Radzischewski - Special to The Washington Times

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves after voting and giving a speech at a voting station in Madrid, Sunday, Nov, 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

EDITORIAL: The Spanish premonition

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Popular Party candidate Mariano Rajoy waves to gleeful supporters in Madrid on Sunday. With his party winning a huge majority in the Spanish parliament, Mr. Rajoy is set to become the nation's next prime minister. (Associated Press)

Center-right party ousts Socialists in Spanish vote

By Mike Elkin - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero talks during a brief press conference in Madrid, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Surplus of pessimism may cost Spain’s ruling Socialists at polls

By Mike Elkin - Special to The Washington Times