Mr Zapatero merely tinkered with a dysfunctional labour market, in which the difficulty of firing incumbents deters hiring and binding national agreements decree unaffordable wage rises.

萨帕特罗只不过对混乱的劳工市场进行了小修小补，而难于解雇员工这一点让企业不敢随意雇用人员，担心受到全国一致的法令束缚而接受他们无法承受的工资增加。