The Spanish royals are in the Dominican Republic on an official state visit - repeating their first visit as monarchs abroad now 25 years ago. In a speech made to the parliament there the King emphasised the democratic beliefs which unite the two countries. He also said that Spain wanted to increase its investments there. World Tolerance Day - The government s failure to control inflation in Spain makes the front pages of all the papers and all of them are united in saying the government is not doing enough. Business paper demands measures and not excuses and this is a comment repeated in many other papers.
Competition needs to be introduced urgently in the energy sector for example - says the paper.
Diario 16 describes the situation as serious - El Mundo thinks that social dialogue is threatened. The Periodico de Catalu a leads with the news that Jordi Pujol has applied for 800,000 pesetas compensation he s entitled to under the rules of the Catalan government which he leads. The money is paid to those over 65 who were imprisoned in the time of Franco. Pujol spent 29 months in prison between 1970 and 72 for distributing anti-Franco leaflets at a rock concert. The outbreak of legionnaires disease in Barcelona is well reported - the papers surprised that the source of the outbreak has still not been found exactly.