He justified the congratulations to the person who will be the 47th US president by the head of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, because of his “clear victory”, and avoided making ‘political fiction’ about what his return to the White House will mean.
In a brief meeting with journalists, who reminded him of the differences with Trump in his last term when they were affected by tariffs on Spanish black olives and olive oil, the diplomat stressed that Joe Biden remains president until January 20. ‘We are not going to anticipate events, we are going to wait for the new administration to arrive and see what its first steps are (…) The United States is Europe’s natural ally and is the first destination for Spanish investments,” said Albares.
However, significantly, the conservative Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies (FAES), led by former Prime Minister José María Aznar, commented on Wednesday that the success of Donald Trump’s speech is not good news for Spain or the European Union.
The FAES recalled that what happened in the US elections cannot be indifferent to the rest and the electoral result will have consequences ‘because the winner says he wants to get rid of the ‘weight of the purple’ that such global leadership entails’.
‘In that sense, the success of the speech that Trump embodies is not good news for Spain or for the European Union as a whole, nor for NATO: a populism seasoned with protectionist, isolationist approaches,’ it pointed out in an analysis published on its website.
Ramón Jáuregui, president of the Euroamerica Foundation, said on Wednesday that it was a bad day for democracy in the world, while Mariano Jabonero, secretary general of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), expressed concerns, although he preferred to give time.
Media such as Público, El País, elDiario.es, RTVE, La Sexta and Mundo Obrero also showed skepticism about Trump’s election.
Público, for example, was quite categorical in its criticism: “The United States elects a convicted criminal as president.”
The president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, for his part, congratulated Donald Trump for his victory at the polls in the United States.
Sánchez, a socialist, maintains close ties with the current tenant of the White House, the Democrat Joe Biden. The return of the Republican Trump to Washington raises questions about bilateral ties. ‘We will work on our strategic bilateral relations and on a strong transatlantic partnership,’ Sanchez stressed in his comments on X.
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