Greece's Tsipras: Spain's Bailout Proves Austerity 'Disastrous'

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2012-06-09

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-right" style="width: 350px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/sems.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 233px;" title="Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos attends a news conference at the economy ministry in Madrid, June 9, 2012. (REUTERS-Paul Hanna)" /><span class="caption">Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos attends a news conference at the economy ministry in Madrid, June 9, 2012. (REUTERS-Paul Hanna)</span></span>Following an emergency conference call with eurozone financial leaders on Saturday, Spain&#39;s Finance Minister Luis de Guindos announced that the nation would be the fourth member of the Eurozone to request a bailout package to save its failing economy.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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