Sánchez responds to Trump: "Trade policy is directed from Brussels."
Sánchez responde a Trump: “La política comercial se dirige desde Bruselas”
From the EU capital, the president claims that Spain is a country that is "solidary" with NATO, but also "sovereign."
Once again, Mr. Sanchez has a somewhat selective approach when and how he listens to Brussels, and when he doesn't.
No other major European state has deported anyone wanted by Beijing since the Court of Human Rights banned Poland from handing over a Taiwanese man in 2022 due to the risk of violating his fundamental rights [...] The lack of guarantees that extradited individuals would receive humane and fair treatment in China was the reason why the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) prohibited Poland from extraditing Taiwanese Hung Tao Liu in a landmark judgment, Liu v. Poland. Reports by the United Nations and non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International found, in the eyes of the seven judges, “the use of torture and ill-treatment” in Chinese prisons and detention centers “to such an extent that it may amount to a situation of generalized violence.”
And:
[Former Spanish PM] Zapatero's "unsettling activism" with China alerts EU representatives
[...] Zapatero's frequent walks in the Asian superpower have been key for Pedro Sánchez to return to Beijing this Friday [11 April 2025] for the third time in two years. Since the pandemic, no EU leader has visited the Asian giant as many times [...]
These are just two examples when Mr. Sanchez doesn't seem to care about "policies directed from Brussels." Can't help thinking that Mr. Sanchez pursues a double-standard approach.