Charlemagne Mysterious Mariano

摘要

Agalician, the Spanish like to quip, is the sort of person you .meet on the stairs and you don't know whether he is going up or coming down. Such ambiguity, or retranca, can make for entertaining and ironic speech, and an attitude of caution, even suspicion. For Mariano Rajoy, the Galician-bom Spanish prime minister, playing to this archetype is a way to survive and manage conflicting demands.