MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a cloudy return from his short summer break as his expected request for European aid in September will spur protests on the street and deepen cracks emerging in his conservative People's Party. Rajoy's popularity plummeted in the first seven months of his 4-year term as his communications faltered while he enacted successive austerity plans and the euro zone's fourth biggest economy sank into recession with unemployment over 24 per cent. With borrowing costs painfully high - the yield on Spain's benchmark 10-year bond is unsustainable at close to 7 per cent - Rajoy is expected to make a formal request for...
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