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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