Most spaniards mistrustful of PM: Poll

The Metroscopia poll, published in left-leaning newspaper El Pais, also showed 72 percent consider the prime minister not to be efficient to fight the economic crisis, Reuters reported on Sunday.

The sharp fall in support for Rajoy comes after his government announced a new round of deep spending cuts and tax hikes to fight the debt crisis.

Since Rajoy’s landslide elections win last year, Spain has become the new frontline of the 2-1/2-year debt crisis and the government has implemented several packages of structural reforms and austerity measures.

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards marched in July in demonstrations against the government’s latest reforms and civil servants have been protesting daily in the main cities of the country after their pay and perks were cut.

The jobless rate in Spain is nearly 25 percent and the forecast is for the economy to shrink 1.7 percent this year.

Spain – the fourth-largest economy in the eurozone – is mired in its second recession in three years.

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