Editorial: Corruption has to stop

THE Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, apologised after 26 suspects, including governing Partido Popular party  politicians and businessmen in a bribery probe were arrested and  seriously embarrassed the government two weeks ago, but what is he going to do, now that a further 30 people were arrested for similar charges as part of the same operation?
Perhaps Nick Clegg could form a duet with Rajoy and re-record the “So sorry” online montage of Clegg apologising for himself.
Whether the Spanish are swallowing the PP’s line, I don’t know. Idon’t think so judging by the comments from people I know but all will be revealed at the elections.
In the meantime, while Rajoy, and more locally, the Balearic President Jose Ramon Bauza, keep on and on about how the country’s economy has turned around and is growing faster than most of its European neighbours, including Germany and France, some leading international economists fear they are lying.
The European Commission warned Spain last week that it is facing four to five years of more pain and, an increasing number of large potential international investors are starting to get cold feet as it becomes apparent that Spain is covered in a blanket of corruption which appears  to be endemic.
 In Denmark, few people have ever heard of political corruption while here in Spain, people have heard enough and the world is watching.