Every time a European leader lands in Beijing with a business delegation, the same speculation follows: is the Atlantic consensus beginning to crack? Is part of Europe drifting towards China and away from Washington? In Spain’s case, the drama expires on contact with the record. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s four visits to Beijing in four years have not produced a European pivot, a strategic vision or a narrower trade imbalance. They have produced market access for agricultural goods. Call it...
On Friday morning, souring relations between Europe and the United States reared its Medusa-like head again, writes the BBC's Europe editor.
PM Sanchez responded to reports that the US may suspend Madrid from NATO over its opposition to the war on Iran.
Pentagon email obtained by Reuters reveals US anger at Spain and the UK as Iran war tensions persist.
An internal Pentagon email reportedly outlines options to punish allies over a perceived lack of support for Iran war.
Spain warns EU credibility at risk without unified stance on Israel, urges consistency with its Russia policy.
In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the three governments say Israel is violating 'human rights'.
The three countries pledge more aid to Cuba and say Cubans must decide their own future amid a US pressure campaign.
The Mexican president says there were never tension over Spainish colonisation, which had become a thorny issue.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Spain’s Pedro Sanchez met in Barcelona on Saturday after a summit of progressive leaders, signalling a rapprochement during the first presidential visit to the Mediterranean country in eight years. The meeting took place during Sheinbaum’s visit to Barcelona to attend the fourth “In defence of democracy” summit, a gathering of global leftist leaders to mobilise advocates of these movements against the far-right. Sheinbaum’s trip marks a softening of...
Spain and Brazil signed a flurry of agreements at Pedro Sanchez and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first bilateral summit, as the Spanish leader seeks to build an alliance to counter US President Donald Trump. “The relationship between Spain and Brazil goes far beyond the strictly bilateral,” Sanchez told reporters after signing 15 deals covering areas including critical minerals, telecommunications and artificial intelligence. “Peace and the values that sustain it are being attacked by a...
"Both China and Spain are principled countries that stand for justice. They should strengthen communication, consolidate mutual trust, and cooperate closely to oppose the world's regression to the law of the jungle," Mr. Xi said during talks in the Great Hall of the People
Israel says it has reprimanded Spain’s top diplomat in Tel Aviv over the blowing up of an effigy of its Prime Minister.