The great rivalry between the two great savings banks in Spain ends with a landslide victory for la Caixa over the remains of the old Caja Madrid.

One only has to compare it with the last firm attempt of the president of the Caixa,

Isidro Fainé

, in the Bridge of the Constitution of 2011. With

Mariano Rajoy

winner of the general elections, the Catalan offered a merger to the then new Bankia chaired by

Rodrigo Rato

much more peer than now, according to sources from here

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