Spain History and Culture
Spain History and Culture
Prime Minister Zapatero came to power in 2004 in the wake of the Madrid terrorist attacks. His Socialist Party was re-elected in March 2008. Presiding over a period of ongoing economic growth, Zapatero withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq and instituted social reforms including legalisation of same-sex marriage, modernisation of divorce laws, and raising of the minimum wage.
Infrastructural improvements such as the proliferation of the high-speed train network have also been a feature of his premiership, which has been strongly pro-European, in contrast with that of his pro-USA predecessor.
There is no official religion, but the majority of the population is Roman Catholic.
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