"There is no other solution, there is no alternative but to apply social cuts," the spokesman for the Basque Government warned. That is why the usual leaders, be they Social Democrats, be they right-wing. On the contrary, in view of the mere, brutal and anti-social adjustment imposed on us and we are suffering, there are alternatives. Both in theory and in practice. For lack of sovereignty, the Basques must also suffer from the policies of the Spanish and French states. Well, last week your governments announced new taxes to reduce the deficit.

The French Government has decided, among other measures, to eliminate the exemptions from the capital tax, with which it plans to raise EUR 2.3 billion; to abolish the increase in VAT; to abolish the exemptions that employers had in the quotation of overtime – which will allow it to collect EUR 1 billion – in 2012 to raise EUR 300 million and from 2013 to create a 3% rate on dividends that will bring it EUR 1 billion. On the contrary, the Spanish Government envisages cuts of EUR 30 billion, with VAT increases, tax increases on motorways and fuels, reforms of the pension system and "a sharp cut in public spending". To this end, it would mean the elimination of 300,000 public jobs and the privatisation of public societies.

With these two examples you can see very well how tax policy is decided. They're totally different decisions. Hollande is going to make the most privileged pay the crisis, while Rajoy has once again attacked the weakest. It is clear that there are other options, even more profound than those of the French Government!