Pedro Sánchez Urges End to Nuclear Rearmament, Calls for European Army

Spain's Stance on Global Security

• 🇪🇸 Spain is committed to the multilateral order and the security of Eastern European nations, recognizing Putin as a real threat.
• 🛡️ Europeans must strengthen defense capabilities to protect freedom and provide security guarantees to international partners.
• 📈 Spain has tripled its defense spending and doubled soldiers deployed in NATO missions since Pedro Sánchez became Prime Minister.

Rejecting Nuclear Rearmament

• ☢️ Pedro Sánchez strongly believes nuclear rearmament is not the right way to ensure security, citing its historical cost and risk.
• ⚠️ Past leaders realized nuclear deterrence was a gamble, not a guarantee, with technical or human errors nearly causing full-scale nuclear war.
• 💸 Nuclear powers are expanding arsenals and spending billions, which Sánchez calls a "historical error," especially with the uncertainty of artificial intelligence.

Call for Negotiation and Disarmament

• 🤝 Sánchez urges powerful nations to stop nuclear rearmament, negotiate, and sign a new START treaty.
• 🕊️ He emphasizes the need to prevent a new arms race, recalling Spain's experience with accidental nuclear bombs dropped on its territory in 1966.

Building European Defense & Moral Rearmament

• 🇪🇺 To stop Putin and strengthen deterrence, he advocates for a coordinated and controlled approach, including building a true European army now.
• 🌐 It is crucial to strengthen the multilateral system by reforming and empowering existing institutions.
• ❤️ The most urgently needed rearmament is a moral one, based on values of solidarity, empathy, and cooperation.