star economist piketty to advise spain antiausterity party
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Star economist Piketty to advise Spain anti-austerity party

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Thomas Piketty
Paris - AFP

Best-selling French economist Thomas Piketty has become an official advisor to Spain's Podemos, the far-left anti-austerity party announced Monday as its leader visited Paris.

Piketty is the author of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", a hugely popular book about the widening gap between rich and poor.

He was once close to the French Socialist Party, but has recently become a stern critic of President Francois Hollande, slamming him for reneging on his campaign promise of fiscal reforms.

Nacho Alvarez, a Podemos economist, told reporters in the French capital that Piketty and the party would work on "a comprehensive plan to fight against poverty" in Spain, where general elections are due in December.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his conservative PP party, who took power in December 2011, currently top opinion polls.

Rajoy has pushed through tough budget cuts and labour reforms which he says are responsible for Spain's return to economic growth.

The cuts sparked mass street protests by Spaniards, their anger fanned by numerous cases of political corruption.

The unemployment rate however remains extremely high at more than 22 percent.

Podemos is in third place in opinion polls but could force the PP out by teaming up with the second-placed Socialists.

That would herald a striking change in Spanish politics which has been dominated by the two big parties since the 1970s.

Podemos chief Pablo Iglesias told reporters he wanted to "win the elections."

"We want to sit down with everyone, and in particular those who come from the Socialist family and who do not agree with the direction this family has taken in the past few years," he said.

 

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