Spanish PM booed amidst deep recession

Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has been met with jeers in Madrid, as his popularity slides even further amidst a worsening financial decline.

Cheers turned into jeers on Monday as the Spanish leader arrived at a military parade, where some 4,200 servicemen marched through the Spanish capital.

The Spanish royal family was also present at the parade.

"We don't want you - out", "Resign", a crowd of onlookers yelled at the premier.

This comes as a new poll published in the pro-government newspaper Publico, showed on Monday that only 38 percent of Spaniards back Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party.

Forty three percent of those questioned have meanwhile said that they would vote for the country's conservative opposition, the Popular Party (PP).

A high unemployment rate of 17.92 percent -- the highest in the European Union and twice the Eurozone average -- and the government's inability to recover from a deep recession are among the main reasons behind the plummeting support for the ruling party.

The presence of Spanish troops in Afghanistan, specifically after a Spanish soldier's death a few days ago, has also led to Zapatero's unpopularity.