Across the Spanish-speaking world, socialist governments are facing criticism and potential electoral defeat due to economic and security issues. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called snap elections amid public anger over housing affordability and immigration problems. Additionally, concerns have emerged about Spain’s national security following its agreement with Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications company, which could expose sensitive NATO data to China under Chinese law. This arrangement raises significant risks for European and U.S. defense cooperation and could compromise the alliance's ability to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
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Across the Spanish-speaking world, socialist governments are dropping like flies.
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governments → speak → flies
Their policies destroy economies and send voters running into the arms of right-wing candidates.
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policies → destroy → candidates
As Spaniards contemplate their next prime minister, they should remember the ways incumbent Pedro Sanchez is making them weaker on the international stage.
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them → contemplate → stage
Spain has not escaped the affordability crisis affecting the housing market.
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Spain → escape → market
Anger over this issue is what drove the socialist prime minister to call snap elections next month.
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what → drive → elections
Immigration is another issue driving anger toward the Sanchez government.
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Immigration → drive → government
The arrival of thousands of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and the difficulty of removing them highlight Sanchez’s ineptitude on this issue.
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arrival → remove → issue
However, it isn’t only domestic issues that voters should be thinking about.
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voters → think → that
While many are mitigating the risk of Chinese espionage, Spain is intent on deepening its ties to China.
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Spain → mitigate → China
Over the summer, the Spanish government signed an agreement with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to manage its wiretap data.
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government → sign → data
Handing such sensitive data to a company from an adversarial nation created a major security risk.
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Handing → hand → risk
Worse, under Chinese law, Huawei cannot refuse to hand over data to the Chinese government.
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Huawei → refuse → government
As a NATO ally, this creates a tangential risk to the United States and our other allies.
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this → create → States
If China has access to Spain’s sensitive data, it also has backdoor access to other countries’ data.
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it → have → data
NATO countries coordinate defense.
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countries → coordinate → defense
Therefore, any defense information shared with Spain risks being seen by China.
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information → share → China
Simply put, the U.S. is taking a big risk by sharing information with a compromised nation such as Spain.
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U.S. → put → Spain
Spain’s reckless handling of its data isn’t just a matter of the Chinese Communist Party reading its mail — there are real consequences to EU national security.
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Party → read → security
The EU has been one of Ukraine’s top providers of aid since Russia invaded back in 2022.
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Russia → invade → 2022
China is helping the other side, exporting dual-use mechanical components, buying Russian energy, and providing satellite data to the Russian military.
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China → help → military
If China leverages the Huawei deal into greater access to NATO intelligence, that will result in greater losses in Ukraine and a more dangerous security situation for Europe.
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that → leverage → Europe
Sanchez has not only made NATO less safe with the Huawei deal, but his country’s defense budget also puts the alliance at risk.
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budget → make → risk
While most NATO countries recently committed to spending 5% of GDP on defense, Spain struggles to reach the old 2% goal.
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Spain → commit → goal
Sanchez may justify the low spending by saying Russia is not a threat to Spain, but national security threats extend beyond Moscow.
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threats → justify → Moscow
As the Spanish people know well, the war on terror is far-reaching.
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war → know → terror
Hundreds were killed in the Madrid subway attack in 2004.
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Hundreds → kill → 2004
Politicians such as Sanchez may think low defense spending will put adversaries at ease, but it only leaves Spain less prepared to deal with threats.
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it → think → threats
The next prime minister of Spain must reverse this trend and make national security a priority.
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security → reverse → trend
Policymakers in the U.S. and the EU should express disappointment over Spain’s poor national security record.
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Policymakers → express → record
NATO should consider consequences for Spain if it refuses to increase spending and continues giving data to the CCP.
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it → consider → CCP
If a right-wing government comes to power, both the Trump administration and NATO should work with the new government on bringing Spain’s defense spending up to NATO’s benchmark.
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administration → come → benchmark
When the Spanish people go to the polls next month, domestic issues will be on their minds.
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issues → go → minds
However, while Sanchez is failing domestically, voters should hold him to account for his foreign policy mistakes.
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voters → fail → mistakes
To make Spain great again, voters must reject Sanchez’s weak socialism.
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voters → make → socialism
His writing has appeared in the Daily Wire, the Washington Times, the Daily Signal, and RealClearPolitics.
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writing → appear → Wire
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