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Spain closes airspace to US military over Iran war, widening rift with US
ByStephen Burgen in Barcelona March 30, 2026

Spain’s defence minister confirms move and describes US-Israel war on Iran as ‘profoundly illegal and unjust’US-Israel war on Iran – live updatesSpain has ramped up its opposition to the US-Israel war on Iran by closing its airspace to US aircraft invo…

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‘El Guapo’: The Spanish PM standing up to Trump – podcast
By March 16, 2026

Madrid-based journalist Guy Hedgecoe explains why Pedro Sánchez has been one of the few European leaders to challenge the US president on IranWhen the US and Israel launched their attack on Iran two weeks ago, the response from European leaders was mut…

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‘Stunned, sidelined and disunited’: how war in the Middle East paralysed the EU
ByJennifer Rankin, in Brussels March 11, 2026

Amid fears the conflict will strengthen Russia, Ursula von der Leyen’s embrace of US-backed regime change already looks like a doomed strategy• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe message from Ursula von der Leyen was blun…

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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin
ByEoghan Gilmartin March 7, 2026

The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroadSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called his 2019 political memoir A Manual for Resistance: a fitting title for a centre-…

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‘No to war’: Sánchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain
BySam Jones in Madrid March 4, 2026

PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’Middle East crisis – live updatesEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to Donald T…

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Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran
BySam Jones in Madrid March 2, 2026

Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli actionUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesWhat we know so far on day three of the Iran warSpain has denied the US permission to use jointly operated mili…

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Spanish court points finger at Israel as it drops Pegasus spyware case again
BySam Jones in Madrid January 23, 2026

Judge shelves inquiry into use of Israeli-made software to target ministers’ phones citing chronic lack of cooperationSpain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Israeli-made Pegasus software to target the mobile …

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Spanish MPs back move to enshrine in law arms embargo on Israel
ByAgence France-Press in Madrid October 8, 2025

Decree bans all exports of defence equipment, products or technology to Israel and imports of such goods from IsraelSpain’s parliament has voted to enshrine in law an arms embargo on Israel that the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, introduced to end “the…

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Spanish MPs back move to enshrine in law arms embargo on Israel
ByAgence France-Press in Madrid October 8, 2025

Decree bans all exports of defence equipment, products or technology to Israel and imports of such goods from IsraelSpain’s parliament has voted to enshrine in law an arms embargo on Israel that the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, introduced to end “the…

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Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
ByPatrick Wintourin New York September 24, 2025

US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nati…

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