Spain: Pedro Sánchez refuses to let his country become the international far right’s “backyard”

Author: Charly HessounPublished on: November 8, 2026Country: Spain

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Spain: Pedro Sánchez refuses to let his country become the international far right’s “backyard”

At a campaign rally in Tarragona on Saturday, November 7, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain would take orders from no foreign country. Three weeks ahead of the November 29 election, he identified the international far right as his opponent and said Spain would not become its outpost or “backyard.” Sánchez named Washington, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires and Moscow, echoing a similar remark he made on November 2 at the World in Progress forum in Barcelona.

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