Spain's centre-left Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday declined to comment on a reported Pentagon email written by top policy adviser Elbridge Colby raising the possibility of suspending Madrid from the NATO military alliance. The note reportedly also suggested reconsidering US support for the UK's claim to the Falkland Islands.
Sanchez brushes off reported Pentagon email mulling suspending Spain's NATO membership
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Sat 20:43 - El Mundo (ES)
The corruption that brought down Rajoy and that surrounds Sánchez in the middle of the electoral cycle reaches the bench
Sun 03:30 - El Pais
The mask plot sits on the bench: Ábalos before his first trial
Sun 10:54 - El Mundo (ES)
The PP maintains that the messages of support for Ábalos from its colleagues confirm that corruption affects "the entire Government" of Sánchez
Mon 08:35 - El Mundo (ES)
Montero justifies that when they sent "affectionate messages" to Ábalos "the situation of this person was not known at all"
Mon 20:48 - El Mundo (ES)
The Ábalos case returns anxiety to the Government: "It is very painful, we have never hidden the seriousness of what happened to José Luis"
Mon 20:49 - El Mundo (ES)
Ábalos' internal WhatsApp messages point to Montero and Calviño: "They wanted to get out of the way with Plus Ultra, but they are the accused"
Mon 23:36 - El Mundo (ES)
A great plot of corruption that operated at the heart of the Government and the PSOE: from the rigging of public works to the envelopes
Tue 09:03 - El Pais
Montero accuses Juan Manuel Moreno of going “from party to party” to “not talk about management” in Andalusia
Tue 10:49 - El Mundo (ES)
Ábalos's son denies that the former minister accepted a luxury apartment in Castellana as a commission: "My father told me that it was a scam, that there was a squatter."
Tue 11:46 - El Mundo (ES)
Tezanos probes Andalusia before 17-M: the Board managed the floods better than the central government and Moreno beats Montero
Tue 13:53 - El Pais
Trial against Ábalos, Koldo and Aldama, live | Koldo's brother declares that he went to the PSOE headquarters to collect envelopes with money for Ábalos' former advisor
Wed 11:46 - El Mundo (ES)
Feijóo commits to deflating personal income tax in his first year governing at the beginning of Sánchez's most "voracious" income campaign
Wed 12:41 - El Mundo (ES)
Ábalos's "virtual" friend placed in a Renfe branch declares that she went during work hours to "read train books at the Oviedo library"
Wed 14:33 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez now signs a statement with the European powers in which they commit to "guarantee navigation in Hormuz"
Wed 20:55 - El Mundo (ES)
Two former lovers of Ábalos support before the Supreme Court the minister's influence peddling in public companies
Thu 00:08 - El Mundo (ES)
Red alert day for Sánchez and Montero in the TS: bags with 45,000 euros in Ferraz and the advisor of the favor to Aldama with the Treasury
Thu 09:35 - El Mundo (ES)
Montero achieves consensus lists in seven provinces, but Cádiz rebels and challenges the regional leadership
Thu 10:55 - El Mundo (ES)
Aldama's ex-girlfriend declares that Koldo and he collected half a million at "the house of the owner of Air Europa" for the rescue of the airline
Thu 10:58 - El Mundo (ES)
The businesswoman Carmen Pano confirms in the Supreme Court that she went to Ferraz on two occasions to deliver a total of 90,000 euros
Thu 15:01 - El Pais
Two businesswomen confirm that they bought a chalet as compensation for Ábalos: “The minister wanted a house”
Thu 15:22 - El Pais
Instructions for bringing bags of money to Ferraz
Thu 20:45 - El Mundo (ES)
"We do not expect anything from the Spanish socialists": the Sahrawi people cry out against Sánchez after 50 years of abandonment in the desert
Fri 00:56 - El Mundo (ES)
The Pano-Aldama-Rivas triangle that surrounds the PSOE with the envelopes with money: "I know it doesn't benefit me to tell it, but it happened"
Fri 00:56 - El Mundo (ES)
Final examination of Montero's authority: judge today the 'rebel' list of Cádiz while trying to limit the provincial 'barons'
Fri 09:03 - El Mundo (ES)
Montero no longer talks about vetoes against Sumar: he plans to talk "with everyone" for a left-wing candidacy while he forms a "team" with Rufián
Fri 13:32 - El Mundo (ES)
Montero amends the Cádiz list, imposes its number 1 in the face of the challenge of the provincial leadership and deepens the crisis
Sat 01:07 - El Mundo (ES)
Montero emerges injured from the battle for the Cádiz list, which breaks her authority at the start of the most uncertain campaign of the Andalusian PSOE
Sat 12:07 - El Mundo (ES)
Salvador Illa boasts that "Catalonia will be the best country in Europe" with the PSC and says that "Andalusia needs María Jesús Montero as president to do well"
Sat 23:58 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez activates the red telephone again with Beijing to show a direct connection with Xi in the midst of a clash with Trump
Sun 16:07 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez also prays the rosary with Ábalos, Aldama and Leonor in the Supreme Court
Sun 21:22 - El Mundo (ES)
Montero on the Andalusian scaffold
Mon 11:34 - El Mundo (ES)
"Outrage" in Moncloa over Peinado's order prosecuting Gómez: "It is no coincidence that it coincides with the president's official trips abroad"
Mon 20:41 - El Mundo (ES)
The bench awaits Begoña Gómez for "taking advantage" of an elite circle thanks to the power of Sánchez
Mon 22:08 - El Mundo (ES)
"They try to counterprogram": the PSOE targets the PP for meeting with María Corina Machado during her visit to Spain while the left of America meets with Sánchez
Tue 00:16 - El Mundo (ES)
The German Government launches an 'anti-crisis plan' with a tax reduction three times lower than Sánchez's "out of economic prudence"
Tue 03:52 - El Mundo (ES)
Xi teams up with Sánchez in the face of the wars that Trump supports: "China and Spain are on the right side of history" and reject the "return to the law of the jungle"
Tue 07:04 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez again suggests that Peinado is playing politics with the investigation of his wife: "What I ask of the justice system is that it do justice"
Tue 07:30 - El Mundo (ES)
New letter to citizens from Sánchez for extraordinary regularization: "Migration must be managed responsibly and become shared prosperity"
Tue 09:31 - Politico EU
China’s Xi recognizes Spain’s Sánchez as key interlocutor between Beijing and the EU
Tue 10:17 - Euronews
Spain strengthens ties with China as Sánchez backs Beijing's Middle East role
Tue 12:46 - El Mundo (ES)
Feijóo calls Sánchez "the Orban of the South" and calls for his resignation over the prosecution of his wife: "He has consented to being robbed in his face and has not left"
Tue 13:32 - El Mundo (ES)
The Government comes out en masse to criticize the instruction of Judge Peinado with Puente at the head, which suggests that "he intends to violate the political action" of Sánchez
Tue 20:47 - El Mundo (ES)
Beijing attributes Sánchez's secret support for the annexation of Taiwan
Wed 05:47 - El Pais
Sánchez closes an official trip with Chinese investors that reinforces his profile on the geopolitical board
Wed 09:24 - Euronews
Watch: Shadows over Spain — will corruption topple Sánchez?
Wed 11:48 - El Pais
Feijóo warns that foreigners who “abuse women or steal” will be regularized
Wed 14:44 - El Pais
Sánchez and Lula bring together a dozen progressive leaders in Barcelona to defend democracy against Trump
Wed 20:45 - El Mundo (ES)
"China has manipulated Sánchez's words and it is not the first time": diplomats, faced with Spanish 'support' for the annexation of Taiwan
Wed 20:46 - El Mundo (ES)
Major raids in the Barcelona belt to stop the rise in crime
Wed 20:48 - El Mundo (ES)
Aldama paid for catering for 5 of Sánchez's ministers with Delcy Rodríguez at the El Viso chalet
Thu 10:57 - El Mundo (ES)
Feijóo accuses Sánchez of "betraying" the EU due to his ties with China and Aznar points to Zapatero through Faes: "It is business for so many lobbyists who accompany the operation"
Thu 20:49 - El Mundo (ES)
European leaders receive María Corina and Sánchez is inhibited: the Government places the blame on the Venezuelan after two years of contempt
Fri 00:01 - El Mundo (ES)
China is already waiting for Sánchez's signature on the Silk Road megaproject sponsored by Zapatero
Fri 00:01 - El Mundo (ES)
'La Fontanera' was in the salary of a historic socialist after passing through Ferraz during Sánchez's days of reflection
Fri 03:30 - El Pais
Progressive forces seek new global momentum in Barcelona
Fri 09:19 - El Mundo (ES)
The former partner of Relevant Analysis confirms that Zapatero's daughters sent reports to "clients" but refuses to cooperate with the Senate
Fri 10:40 - El Mundo (ES)
Feijóo receives María Corina Machado in Madrid: "Spain's place is at her side and not with the dictatorship hidden in the Barajas airport"
Fri 12:24 - Politico EU
Sánchez seeks to rally global left against rise of far right
Fri 13:47 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez threatens to "resort with all the force of the State" the "national priority" demanded by Vox in Extremadura
Fri 14:21 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez blames María Corina Machado for not meeting in Moncloa: "The doors are open... She has not considered it appropriate"
Fri 20:49 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez's guests offend María Corina and the opposition leader stands up to the "threats"
Fri 20:49 - El Mundo (ES)
Vox will control 1,408 million in Extremadura: it goes from 3.9% to 24% of the budget in three years
Fri 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Sánchez brings progressives together. Schlein: “No more illegal wars”
Sat 09:38 - El Pais
Sánchez vindicates progressive unity against Trump: “We must not take democracy for granted”
Sat 10:37 - El Mundo (ES)
María Corina Machado on her non-meeting with Sánchez: "The meeting she had in Barcelona with other world leaders shows why it is not convenient"
Sat 16:52 - El Mundo (ES)
Thousands of members of the diaspora hail María Corina in Sol and ask for "freedom" for Venezuela
Sat 17:23 - El Pais
Sheinbaum and Sánchez seal peace and inaugurate a new stage between Mexico and Spain
Sun 00:41 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez takes over as head of the world "army" against the extreme right
Sun 16:22 - El Mundo (ES)
María Corina Machado in EL MUNDO after the mass bath in Sol: "Seeing myself with Pedro Sánchez would have sent an inappropriate message; our cause has to do with the truth and with the people"
Sun 20:55 - El Mundo (ES)
Aldama's confession points to a fixing of works in exchange for commissions: from the photo with Sánchez to the apartment in Castellana
Sun 21:59 - El Mundo (ES)
María Corina did not fall into the trap
Mon 00:32 - El Mundo (ES)
Tezanos asks the Constitutional Court to annul the 3,000 euro fine of the Electoral Board for hiding the 'flash' survey on Sánchez's five days of reflection
Mon 07:30 - El Mundo (ES)
Albares criticizes María Corina Machado and reveals that she requested refuge in the embassy in Caracas: "You cannot ask for help and then discredit the Spanish institutions"
Mon 07:52 - El Pais
Albares criticizes that María Corina Machado travels to Spain as an “ideological leader” but only meets with “a part of the political spectrum”
Mon 12:16 - El Mundo (ES)
The CIS of Tezanos shoots the PSOE 13 points above the PP while Sumar, Podemos and Vox fall
Mon 14:16 - El Mundo (ES)
Brussels stops Sánchez's proposal to break the EU-Israel agreement: "We must evaluate whether it is possible to move forward" with measures "that are already on the table"
Mon 17:04 - Euronews
Spain's call to suspend EU-Israel agreement set to fail amid broad opposition
Mon 20:53 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez articulates the "narrative" of the global left to weave a "network" that serves as a mirror to the extreme right
Tue 08:39 - El Mundo (ES)
Spain presents, together with Ireland and Slovenia, the request for a complete rupture of the EU-Israel agreement: "What else has to happen for Europe to be moved?"
Tue 13:09 - El Mundo (ES)
The French right accuses Sánchez of "betrayal" of Europe for the regularization of immigrants and demands a return to the 'hard border'
Tue 20:50 - El Mundo (ES)
The star measure of Sánchez's plan: aid for young people to rent homes with the option to purchase despite the fact that only 628 have been built in seven years
Wed 07:42 - El Mundo (ES)
Feijóo accuses Sánchez of "governing against the Spanish" and the president accuses him of violating the Constitution with the Extremadura pact
Wed 09:47 - El Mundo (ES)
López Miras denounces the "collapse" of public services in Murcia due to the "massive" regularization of the Government: "It is being a real chaos"
Wed 20:53 - El Mundo (ES)
Vox unleashes an operation to wear down Feijóo while accumulating regional power with the PP
Thu 01:00 - El Mundo (ES)
Junts definitively abandons Sánchez due to corruption and tax non-compliance: “What are we doing here? Dissolve”
Thu 03:30 - El Pais
This is how the PSOE wants to unseat Ayuso: more Sánchez and the defense of the middle class against the rich
Thu 20:51 - El Mundo (ES)
The Prosecutor's Office points out "ethical" and "aesthetic" doubts in Begoña's activity while Sánchez only sees "mud" and affirms: "She did everything well"
Thu 20:52 - El Mundo (ES)
Vox squeezes Ayuso with national priority six months after coining it in Madrid: "The logical thing is that the Spaniards go first"
Fri 06:47 - El Pais
A Pentagon email proposes suspending Spain from NATO due to disagreements over Iran
Fri 06:57 - El Mundo (ES)
The Pentagon proposes in an internal email suspending Spain from NATO and Sánchez tries to downplay its importance: "We are good allies, absolute tranquility"
Fri 07:56 - El Pais
Sánchez, on the “national priority” of the PP and Vox agreements: “They talk about first and second class citizens”
Fri 08:28 - El Mundo (ES)
Sánchez now asks to extend European funds and also relax fiscal rules to face the energy crisis
Fri 12:18 - El Mundo (ES)
NATO responds to the Pentagon's plan on Spain: "The founding treaty does not contemplate any mechanism for the expulsion of a member"
Fri 15:57 - France 24
Sanchez brushes off reported Pentagon email mulling suspending Spain's NATO membership