Mr Solbes's decision means he will have to step down early from the European Commission, where he gained a reputation as a staunch defender of the budget rules underpinning the euro. Mr Solbes told reporters in Brussels late last night he had been planning to stay in the EU job until the current European Commission's term ends in October.
But incoming Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who scored an upset win in Spain's March 14th general elections, had offered him a position in the new government and he had accepted, he said.
A Socialist Party statement issued in Madrid said Mr Solbes would become both second deputy prime minister and head of a unified economy and treasury ministry. The ministries had been split into two under the outgoing Popular Party government.
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