On July 17, 2012, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, Vice President and Spokesperson of the governmemt, during parlimentary questioning, stated the Popular Party government of President Mariano Rajoy had no intention of following the recommendations of the Expert Commission for the Future of the Valley of the Fallen with respect to the removal of the remains of Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen, the relocation of the remains of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera within the Basilica or otherwise since the government considers the report to lack validity in that the Commission was “ monocolor ” for which the Popular Party was not invited or involved and that in light of Spain ’ s present economic crisis, discussion and opinion as to the Valley of the Fallen would not be considered at this time.

The national leader Mariano Rajoy declined to support him against the attacks within his party, so he resigned membership of the party.

Gallardón represents a more centrist sector within the party, whereas Rajoy, Angel Acebes and Eduardo Zaplana are widely accepted as representing a more conservative wing of the party, closer to Aznar.

Rajoy started his political career in 1981, as a member of the right-wing party People's Alliance ( AP ), becoming a deputy in the inaugural legislature of the Galician Parliament.

Confirmed in the National Executive, Mariano Rajoy was appointed deputy secretary general of the party.

The PP was defeated in the general election, however, and Rajoy continued to lead his party in opposition.

Mariano Rajoy Brey of the People's Party has been the prime minister since he was sworn in on December 21, 2011, after winning the 2011 general election.

On May 21, 2008 after a meeting with Mariano Rajoy she informed him of her intention to resign from the leadership position in the regional representation of the Partido Popular.

Following the November, 2011 Spanish General Election, on June 1, 2012 the new conservative Popular Party government of Mariano Rajoy reopened the monument to the public with the exception only of the base of the cross, in the past accessible by cable car or on foot, which will remain closed to ascent while the sculptures of the four apostles and the cardinal virtues forming part of the base of the cross are presently under engineering review and restoration for cracks and other deterioration.

As of 21 December 2011, the prime minister of Spain is Mariano Rajoy, president of the People's Party, having been the leader of the opposition from 2004 to 2011.

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 Deputy Prime Minister from 2000 to 2003.

Subsequently Rajoy was Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2011.

Rajoy is the grandson of Enrique Rajoy Leloup, one of the drafters of the Statute of Autonomy of Galicia in 1932, who was removed from university teaching by the dictatorship to the early 1950s.

Rajoy graduated from the University of Santiago de Compostela and passed the competitive examination required in Spain to enter into the civil service, becoming the youngest-ever property registrar at age 23.

On 30 August 2003 Aznar announced that he would retire from politics in the 2004 elections and proposed Rajoy as his successor.

Repsol YPF CEO Antonio Brufau, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, and other Spanish officials objected to the nationalisation, accusing the Argentine government of driving down YPF shares ahead of the announcement ( market price of the shares declined by over half from February to April ).

On January 15, 2008, Mr Rajoy ( leader of the PP Party ) announced that Mr. Gallardón would not be included in the PP lists for General Elections.

In December 2011, the government of Rajoy announced that 37, 5 working hours would be used as a basis ( civil servants are required to work that number of hours if they do not want a reduction in their salaries )

Responses included a diplomatic offensive by Rajoy in other countries in the region, assurances by Industry Minister José Manuel Soria of " clear and decisive " Spanish government measures, Foreign Minister José García-Margallo y Marfil's admonition that Argentina had " shot itself in the foot " by damaging relations with Spain ( adding that such a move would make Argentina a " pariah "), and other threats.

When in 1989 the AP merged with other parties to form the People's Party ( PP ), with Manuel Fraga as its president, Rajoy was named a member of its National Executive Committee and delegate for Pontevedra.

3 March 1996, the PP won the early parliamentary and Mariano Rajoy, who had been elected MP, was appointed Minister of Public Administrations on 6 May in the first Aznar government.

Aznar's government and Party leaders insisted on accusing the ETA of the attacks, and on 13 March, Rajoy claimed to believe this because he was convinced of their will and capability for committing such crimes.

Rajoy was elected for the province of Madrid.

On 30 January 2008, Rajoy received the support of Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy for the March 2008 general election.

* Mariano Rajoy: Recorder of Deeds first for Padrón, then for Villafranca del Bierzo, and lately for Santa Pola, Spain, since 1979 until present.

Mariano Rajoy Brey (; born 27 March 1955 ) is a Spanish People's Party politician and the current Prime Minister of Spain, having served since 21 December 2011.

Rajoy led the People's Party into the March 2004 general election, but that election was won by the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) in the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.

These features, despite negative credit ratings, have allowed Spain to resist the onslaught of the crisis and the severe economic measures implemented in 2012 by the Mariano Rajoy government.

He is the son of Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, a jurist, and president of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra, the city where he grew up.

Rajoy attended a school that was later attended by José Luis Zapatero as well.

At the same age, Rajoy was injured in the face following a traffic accident.

While on the campaign trail in 2011, Rajoy published an autobiography, En confianza ( In Confidence ), in which he recalled his studious and quiet youth, following a father who was climbing the ranks of Francisco Franco's judiciary.

Rajoy told his readers that he entered politics not against his own will, but against that of his father.

On 11 June 1986, Rajoy was elected President of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, a position he held until July 1991.

Mariano Rajoy was appointed, 28 April, Senior Vice President of Government and Minister of the Presidency.

A long-time associate of José María Aznar, Rajoy made the move into national politics when Aznar became Prime Minister in 1996 with the support of Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ), Convergence and Union ( CiU ) and the Canarian Coalition, serving as Minister of Public administration and Minister of Education and Culture in the first Aznar administration.

During this time, Montgomery faced serious trouble from his military superiors and the clergy for his frank attitude regarding the sexual health of his soldiers, but was defended from dismissal by his superior Alan Brooke, commander of II Corps.

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

These trapping brigades in Northern California faced serious risks, and were often the first to explore relatively uncharted territory.

However, Russia has lost its superpower status as it faced serious challenges in its efforts to forge a new post-Soviet political and economic system.

Her position as a Marchesa required her serious attention, therefore she was required to study the problems faced by a ruler of a city-state.

Fulk was then faced with a new and more dangerous enemy: the atabeg Zengi of Mosul, who had taken control of Aleppo and had set his sights on Damascus as well ; the union of these three states would have been a serious blow to the growing power of Jerusalem.

By 1909, Liberia faced serious external threats to its sovereignty from the European colonial powers over unpaid foreign loans and annexation of its borderlands. http :// www. globalsecurity. org / military / ops / liberia. htm

Lollards first faced serious persecution after the Peasants ' Revolt in 1381.

Almost immediately after his election as leader he was faced with a serious crisis: the creation in early 1981 of a breakaway party by four senior Labour right-wingers, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, David Owen and William Rodgers ( the so-called " Gang of Four "), the Social Democratic Party.

Since gaining its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, Russia has faced serious challenges in its efforts to forge a political system to follow nearly seventy-five years of Soviet rule.

:: “ Suppose that a sheriff were faced with the choice either of framing a Negro for a rape that had aroused hostility to the Negroes ( a particular Negro generally being believed to be guilty but whom the sheriff knows not to be guilty )— and thus preventing serious anti-Negro riots which would probably lead to some loss of life and increased hatred of each other by whites and Negroes — or of hunting for the guilty person and thereby allowing the anti-Negro riots to occur, while doing the best he can to combat them.

In 1909 – 10, football faced a crisis resulting from the failure of the previous reforms of 1905 – 06 to solve the problem of serious injuries.

Tanks now faced a serious vulnerability from a weapon that could be carried by an infantryman or aircraft.

Though his ultra-conservative views were unpopular, particularly from 1823 onwards, his dynasty never faced serious danger, as the Swedes and the Norwegians alike were proud of a monarch with a good European reputation.

Wenceslaus also faced serious opposition from the Bohemian nobles and even from his chancellor, the Prague archbishop Jan of Jenštejn.

However, each candidate faced serious discontent within his party membership, and neither had the wholehearted support of the party organization.

After 1, 000 years of close ties with Tibet, Bhutan faced the threat of British military power and was forced to make serious geopolitical decisions.

The resulting grand coalition between the CDU / CSU and the SPD faced a serious challenge stemming from both parties ’ demand for the chancellorship.

2510 the Kingdom faced a new serious peril: an Easterling tribe, named the Balchoth, invaded northern parts of the realm in force.

The task for the tribunal then when faced with serious allegations is to recognise that their seriousness generally means they are inherently unlikely, such that to be satisfied that a fact is more likely than not the evidence must be of a good quality.

A group of stereotypical bureaucrats tries to manage the Culture's response to the Excession but is brushed aside by the Interesting Times Gang, an informal group of Minds some of whom are veterans of the Idiran-Culture War, to try to deal with what is by far the most serious challenge the Culture has faced.

In a 1998 rematch, she heavily defeated Dornan and has not faced serious opposition since.

By 1 October, Somerset had been alerted that his rule faced a serious threat.

Simultaneously, they faced a serious revolt in the Balkans, where they faced an attempt for the restoration of the Bulgarian state in the same year.