La Vanguardia reports that there were more than 2,000 deaths described as assisted suicides in the Netherlands. The paper adds that with figures this size you cannot pretend that Euthanasia does not exist simply because there is no legislation. El Mundo says that everyone should reflect on the rights of each individual and his or her right to end his life if that is the only relief. The latest opinion poll halving the government s advantage over the Socialists is well reported. Aznar has a problem, says ABC, he now has a rival.
Political commentators look for an explanation for the shift in public opinion.
Diario 16 thinks Aznar s problem is his preference for testosterone and not consensus. He must realise that PSOE have a voice and not just an echo. El Mundo says what is damaging the government is its infinite arrogance. La Estrella Digital says the president of the government appears more and more tense, stressed and authoritarian - and more distant from the political centre which took him to power. El Mundo says it s not all negative Aznar , that Zapatero deserves some of the credit - despite the vagueness of his policy on the Basque country.