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El País

http://www.elpais.com

Madrid
Language : Spanish
Circulation : 440,000 (777,000 Sunday edition)

http://www.elpais.com
Language : Spanish

Founded in May 1976, six months after Franco’s death, The Country is a national institution, Spain’s top-selling news daily and rated one of the world’s twenty best newspapers. Closely linked to the PSOE, the Spanish Socialist Party, it belongs to the PRISA communication group.

Tabloid format, spacious lay-out, British-inspired journalistic style, excellent international coverage, prestigious contributors are the main ingredients for this outstanding newspaper.

With approximately 5.6 million individual hits for the month June 2007, El Pais is a close second to El Mundo as Spain’s most visited news website. An increase in online services (blogs, forums, chats) may bridge the gap. Unlike its eternal rival, all content from the print edition is free online.

Latest articles published

Institutions | A million citizens can change the Union

The new Lisbon Treaty authorises popular initiatives backed by at least a million signatures. But that figure will not suffice to provide a regulatory framework for this new tool of participatory democracy.

Published on 20 Jan 2010 | El País

Haiti | Europe's tragic opportunity

However painstakingly planned out in advance, every EU presidency ends up facing an unforeseen crisis that forces it to reshuffle its priorities and puts its crisis response capabilities to the test. Haiti is turning into the first test of the new EU foreign policy institutions’ ability to take coordinated action.

Published on 18 Jan 2010 | El País

COP15 | Save the planet - get rid of the state

The main obstacle to a climate deal at the Copenhagen Conference was state sovereignty. The solution, argues political scientist José Ignacio Torreblanca, lies in exporting the EU’s know-how and institutional approach.

Published on 22 Dec 2009 | El País

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