The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has appeared at La Moncloa, in an institutional statement without the presence of journalists or questions, to assess the war in the Middle East. The Spanish Prime Minister maintains a tough stance unlike other major world powers and Europe, rejecting the military actions of the USA and Israel and the response of Iran. "The position of the Spanish Government can be summarized in four words: no to war," he summarized from the press room of the presidential complex.
In an intervention where he ignored the threat from Trump to break all commercial relations with Spain, he sent a message to European partners and national political leaders who question his position: "It is naive to practice blind and servile followership to the U.S. Administration."
The Government, in all conflicts in recent years, whether in Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland, or now the Middle East, has maintained the same discourse: respect for international law and the United Nations Charter. These ideas shape its position in this new war, even if it means leaving Spain in an isolated or minority position compared to the positions adopted by powers such as Germany, France, or the United Kingdom, although in some cases, like the French, there are beginning to be modulations in their discourse. Sánchez clings to the EU and the UN to maintain his position against the pressures and direct threats from Trump.
"Some will say that we are alone in this hope, but that is not true either. The Spanish government is where it needs to be, it stands for the values that our parents and grandparents set in our constitution. Spain stands for the foundational principles of the European Union, it stands for the United Nations Charter," he stated in his intervention. The European Commission has already come to Spain's defense after Trump's "embargo" threats, demanding that the U.S. President respect the commercial agreements signed by both parties and therefore not apply any commercial measures or embargo on the country. "We expect the United States to fulfill its commitments under our Joint Declaration."
Because Sánchez and his team are convinced that time will prove them right. These days, at La Moncloa, they resort to a phrase that has become a slogan of Sánchez's Government: "We are not alone, we were the first." An idea that emerged in conjunction with the recognition of the state of Palestine and that is now also used to oppose the military actions decided and executed by Trump, whether in Venezuela or Iran, the increase in military spending, or the nuclear rearmament being debated in Europe.