Spanish acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures as he arrives for a meeting with fellow party deputies at the Parliament in Madrid, Spain, February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Thursday he was open to asking the European Commission for some flexibility on the country's public deficit target, straying from his usual insistence in meeting the EU-agreed goals.
"Spain has to keep following the roadmap for (economic)stability agreed with the European Union, but also it could use the flexibility that European law allows," he told a news conference.
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