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Reçu aujourd’hui — 6 mars 2026 ⏭

The Guardian
A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump? 6 mars 2026 à 06:00

A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?

Par : Sam Jones in Madrid · Angelique Chrisafis in Paris · Deborah Cole in Berlin and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

6 mars 2026 à 06:00

As the Spanish PM decries the war in Iran, other politicians are unable – or unwilling – to speak against the US president

On Wednesday morning, Pedro Sánchez delivered a 10-minute televised address with the rather bland title: “An institutional declaration by the prime minister to assess recent international events.”

The speech’s words, however, were anything but beige. Hours after Donald Trump had threatened to cut off trade with Spain over its government’s refusal to allow two jointly operated bases in Andalucía to be used to strike Iran, Sánchez set out his thinking.

Reçu — 4 mars 2026 ⏭

The Guardian
‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain 4 mars 2026 à 11:14

‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

The Guardian

Par : Sam Jones in Madrid

4 mars 2026 à 11:14

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat to cut off all trade with Spain over his government’s refusal to facilitate the US’s ongoing attacks against Iran, comparing the growing conflict in the Middle East to playing “Russian roulette with the destiny of millions”.

Sánchez, who has been one of the most vociferous European critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, said his government’s position on the widening instability could be summed up in three words: “No to war.”