'Boring' Rajoy Picked To Save Spain From Default

by Lauren Frayer, NPR

The mountain of debt accumulated by Greece and Italy crushed those countries' prime ministers. Spain, too, is ushering in new leadership after Sunday's parliamentary elections. Spaniard Jorge Belena says, "All politicians are very boring," but incoming Prime Minister Mariano Rajo is "especially boring."

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 21, 2011