Talking of Federico Trillo, the defence minister said yesterday that he would never give the number of Spanish soldiers ill from cancer after a tour of the Balkans. The minister said that such information could confuse public opinion as well as the affected men themselves. Predictions of hostile take over bids for the Iberdrola electricity company following the failed merger with Endesa have proved correct with news this morning that the German electrical giant E.ON is preparing to make a move on Iberdrola. The decision follows the decision of the National Court to not allow judge Javier G mez de Lia o to return to work for at least five years - and that after the government had awarded him a full pardon on the charges of perversion of the course of justice which were against him. The papers are divided on the question time session in congress yesterday and the performances of the two main party leaders.
Most papers think neither leader was particularly good.
Diario 16 saw a distant and defensive Aznar, and said he left the chamber with a somewhat defeated air. El Mundo reports that Zapatero is weak and to put him against Aznar is like putting a shop manikin against a prize fighter. The debate itself was nothing out of the ordinary. Even La Raz n - the minister s bette noir has words of praise this morning. Reports in several papers that Felipe Gonz lez is to give up his seat in congress.