Botella's Battle: Madrid's Mayor Chips Away at Debt and Tradition

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Spain is frantically trying to reduce its debts. While conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is doing so at the national level, Ana Botella is slashing away at spending in Madrid, Spain's most heavily indebted city. In the process, the mayor is blazing her own path.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...825762,00.html