Others say his wife, Sonsoles Espinosa, is tired of life in the official MoncloaPalace residence, where the first couplehave livedsinceMr Zapatero took office in 2004.
In 1977, as Spain returned to democracy after the Franco dictatorship, they joined the country's other main parties in signing the Moncloa Pacts, promising to share the political costs of vital economic reforms.