The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchezhas opted to do More “pedagogy” When talking about Defense and security At a time when the EU is discussing its expense, affecting that what it is fundamentally is technology, mostly double use.
At the press conference at the end of the European Council in BrusselsSánchez has reiterated that the term ‘Rearmament’ adopted by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyento baptize the plan so that the twenty -seven reinforce their defensive abilities he does not like.
“It seems to me that it is An incomplete approach From the challenge we have ahead, “he said, stressing that the” umbrella of security encompasses other issues and insisting once again that the threats of the countries of southern Europe are not the same as those of the East.
Thus has cited the Cybersecurity and The fight against terrorism, But also “everything that has to do with the Climate emergency and the civil protection response “that in the case of Spain provide the Armed forceswith the Ume at the head, as well as satellite connections or artificial intelligence.
That said, he has stressed that you have to “do pedagogy” to explain that when European leaders are talking about security and defense, “We are fundamentally talking about technology”. “And on many occasions we are talking about two -use technology,” he added, putting as an example the drones, which in addition to being used in the front, as in Ukraine can also be used in fire fighting or in the prevention of climatic emergencies.
Insists on the approval of new budgets
The President of the Government has assured Thursday that he does not give up to try Approve new General State Budgets And that they are talking to the groups for this, but stressed that, with the current ones, Spain already leads economic growth in Europe.
Sanchez has ratified the intention to agree on new accounts of the state at the press conference that he has offered after the meeting of the European Council which has been held in Brussels.
The chief of the Executive has affirmed that the Government is working with the groups to obtain the necessary support for the budgets. “We do not give up. What we do is work with them (…) We do not give up. Of course we want to approve them “he insisted.
However, it has remarked that with the current budgets, the exchanges of 2023 and that they were prepared by their government in the previous legislature, Spain leads the growth and creation of employment of the main economies and the Executive is responding to many social policies to which he promised in the investiture agreements.
