“We are lucky that a crisis of this magnitude only comes around once every 80 years.”
In an interview with Spanish national television.
As President, 2008
Source: Zapatero evita respaldar a De la Vega y asume que habrá crisis de Gobierno http://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/zapatero-de-la-vega-crisis-gobierno-tve-20100309.html
“Today things are better than a year ago. But within a year things will be even better.”
Presidential press release on 29th December 2006, one day before an ETA bomb attack at Madrid airport, resulting in 2 deaths.
As President, 2006
Source: el Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/12/29/espana/1167368963.html.
Presidential press release after ETA's 2006 ceasefire declaration, September 2006.
Sources: Efe Agency, PSOE PSOE http://www.psoe.es/ambito/saladeprensa/news/index.do?id=89659&action=View and the general press.
As President, 2006
Meeting on the 14th August 2007 in Jerez, predicting another PSOE victory in the 2008 elections.
Source: ABC http://www.abc.es/20070815/nacional-politica/zapatero-advierte-sera-firme_200708150245.html
As President, 2007
19th Dec. 2005
As President, 2005
April 2005, regarding Juan José Ibarretxe's plan to propose a referendum regarding whether to approve his plan to reform the aunomomy of the Basque Country.
As President, 2005
Source: El Correo, Saturday 9th April 2005, p. 23