Guy De Launay

I think we can pretty much guarantee that he'll be approved by Parliament because the governing progressive party is extremely dominant in the National Assembly. That's the party of President Aleksandar Vucic. But we've already heard from opposition parties that they're not happy about this nomination of Dr Juro Matsut.

I think we can pretty much guarantee that he'll be approved by Parliament because the governing progressive party is extremely dominant in the National Assembly. That's the party of President Aleksandar Vucic. But we've already heard from opposition parties that they're not happy about this nomination of Dr Juro Matsut.

Let's face it, even those of us who follow affairs in Serbia for a living, we're having to look up exactly who Dr Matsut is. And the opposition parties say, well, look, this person may be an expert in endocrinology. He may have all sorts of memberships of international organizations in that field. But that doesn't mean that he's fit to run the government of Serbia.

Let's face it, even those of us who follow affairs in Serbia for a living, we're having to look up exactly who Dr Matsut is. And the opposition parties say, well, look, this person may be an expert in endocrinology. He may have all sorts of memberships of international organizations in that field. But that doesn't mean that he's fit to run the government of Serbia.

And the opposition say they figure that he's just going to be a puppet for President Vucic.

And the opposition say they figure that he's just going to be a puppet for President Vucic.

That's a good question. He hadn't been a member of the Progressive Party until now. It's not clear whether he's going to join the Progressive Party at this point.

That's a good question. He hadn't been a member of the Progressive Party until now. It's not clear whether he's going to join the Progressive Party at this point.

Or indeed, whether the government that he's going to put together is going to be drawn from political figures, or whether there's going to be an effort to try and pull together a non-political government, a government of experts, in other words, because he is one himself.

Or indeed, whether the government that he's going to put together is going to be drawn from political figures, or whether there's going to be an effort to try and pull together a non-political government, a government of experts, in other words, because he is one himself.

But that's all got to be decided by the 18th of April, which is the deadline for Mr. Matsut, I should say Dr. Matsut, to form the government. Otherwise, elections will automatically be called.

But that's all got to be decided by the 18th of April, which is the deadline for Mr. Matsut, I should say Dr. Matsut, to form the government. Otherwise, elections will automatically be called.

It's absolutely a tactic of his, and he's a very good tactician. He's shown time and again that he knows exactly how to neuter opposition discontent and how when to go to the country at the right time for his progressive party to receive another mandate to return to power. Guy De Launay.

It's absolutely a tactic of his, and he's a very good tactician. He's shown time and again that he knows exactly how to neuter opposition discontent and how when to go to the country at the right time for his progressive party to receive another mandate to return to power. Guy De Launay.

Blanca Castro has to wash her dishes in the bathtub. That's because her kitchen is dangerous and unusable, with a large hole in the ceiling which leaks water from above. Blanca believes that the company which owns her flat and others in the building has deliberately halted all maintenance work in order to encourage the tenants to leave.

Blanca Castro has to wash her dishes in the bathtub. That's because her kitchen is dangerous and unusable, with a large hole in the ceiling which leaks water from above. Blanca believes that the company which owns her flat and others in the building has deliberately halted all maintenance work in order to encourage the tenants to leave.

Blanca is just one of millions of Spaniards who are worried about the cost of housing. Over the last decade, salaries in Spain have increased by around 20%. But during the same period, the cost of an average rental has doubled. I'm next to a group of workmen and some cranes where a block of flats is being built just on the outskirts of Madrid.

Blanca is just one of millions of Spaniards who are worried about the cost of housing. Over the last decade, salaries in Spain have increased by around 20%. But during the same period, the cost of an average rental has doubled. I'm next to a group of workmen and some cranes where a block of flats is being built just on the outskirts of Madrid.

This kind of site is much less common now than in 2007 at the height of Spain's property boom, when more than 600,000 homes were built in just one year. Last year, by contrast, only a sixth of that number of homes were completed. High building costs, lack of available land... The shortage of manpower have all been factors in restricting construction in recent years.

This kind of site is much less common now than in 2007 at the height of Spain's property boom, when more than 600,000 homes were built in just one year. Last year, by contrast, only a sixth of that number of homes were completed. High building costs, lack of available land... The shortage of manpower have all been factors in restricting construction in recent years.