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US lawmakers urge probe into Spain's deal with Chinese firm Huawei

American lawmakers accused Spain of putting US national security at risk by contracting Chinese tech giant Huawei to handle sensitive data.

Earth News

Spain sees worst wildfire damage since 1994 with 382,607 hectares lost

The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) calculate that 380,000 hectares have burned in Spain so far this year, while the fight against the flames continues.

Climate

Spanish PM calls for national climate pact on visit to fire-hit areas

Amid worsening wildfires, Sánchez expressed condolences, highlighted firefighter efforts, and warned of "complex days" ahead.

Europe News

Spain's Sánchez urges Latin American leaders to combat far-right rise

The Spanish Prime Minister participated in the 'Democracia Siempre' forum alongside leaders from Latin American countries. He warned against the rise of extremism and digital manipulation.

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EuroVerify

Fact check: Which eurozone country is creating the most jobs?

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez recently said that his country was responsible for creating half of all new jobs in the eurozone, but is this true?

Europe News

Scandal-hit Spanish government unveils measures to tackle corruption

The Spanish government published a 15-point action plan that includes using AI to flag possible cases of fraud in the public sector after corruption allegations threatened to overturn the Socialist-led administration.

Europe News

Spanish PM’s former aide detained without bail in corruption probe

The case involving Santos Cerdán is the latest and arguably the most serious in a series of scandals that forced Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to issue public apologies and deflect calls from his political opponents for a snap election.

Europe News

US skips global UN meeting aimed at raising billions to combat poverty

Many countries face escalating debt burdens, declining investments, decreasing international aid and growing trade barriers.

Europe News

Europe leads global vaccine effort as US pulls back

While the EU and several European countries made significant contributions to GAVI, the global vaccine alliance, the United States was notably absent from the donor list.

Europe News

Spain's justice minister to face probe over alleged embezzlement

Judge Juan Carlos Peinado asks the Supreme Court to investigate the minister for alleged embezzlement and false testimony in the hiring of an advisor to Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Europe News

Spain rejects NATO's 5% of GDP spending proposal as 'unreasonable'

Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence expenditure.

Europe News

Spain's parliament turns chaotic as Sánchez and opposition trade barbs

Tensions ran high as Santiago Abascal of Vox and PP lawmakers demanded Sánchez's resignation, while Sánchez shifted the focus to corruption within the opposition party.

Europe News

Spain says April's blackout was caused by multiple technical failures

The 28 April outage started shortly after 12:30pm in Spain and lasted through nightfall, disrupting businesses, transport systems, mobile networks, Internet connectivity and other critical infrastructure.

Spain

Spain's PM apologises after top aide implicated in corruption scandal

A police report leaked to the media on Wednesday identified party secretary Santos Cerdán as responsible for handling illegal commission payments linked to public contracts.

Europe News

The PP demands new elections in a mass protest in Madrid

The rally, which began at 11:00 local time, brought together thousands of protesters in the centre of the Spanish capital.

Europe News

Spain: Coalition partner threatens to leave over defence spending

Around one thousand people from left-wing parties took part in a protest against increased military spending and rearmament in Madrid on Saturday.

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Poles choose 'ordinary man' for President

In this week’s edition of Euronews’ political talk show Brussels, My Love?, we tackle three major stories rattling Europe: escalating US-EU trade tensions, Poland’s sharp political shift, and a multilingualism debate that has put Pedro Sánchez in a hoop.

Europe News

Spain fails again to secure unanimity to make Catalan an EU language

The Spanish request fell short of the necessary majority, as countries like Finland, Sweden and Austria voiced their reservations.

Culture news

Spain's PM Sanchez says Israel has no place in Eurovision Song Contest

This year's Eurovision Song Contest is now over, but political tension, voting doubts and differing positions haunt the European song contest.

Europe News

Spain to meet NATO 2% defence target by 2025

The Spanish Prime Minister confirmed an additional €10.4 billion investment in defence and security to bring the country's spending from 1.28% of GDP in 2024 to the 2% NATO target agreed in 2014.