Spanish opposition party Partido Popular (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy listens to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero deliver a speech on June 28, 2011 during the annual State of the Nation debate at the Parliament in Madrid. Zapatero, whose Socialist Party is expected to face a rout in general elections due by the end of March 2012, said the economy was mending too slowly and joblessness was too high. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO.