Editorial: La Vanguardia

• Pedro Sánchez declared in Congress about the new geopolitical scenario of the EU, preparing for the threat of the Russian Federation and the waning commitment of the United States
• The intervention lacked specificity and did not get the desired response, with parliamentary groups more interested in maintaining their individual profiles than jointly confronting the threat.
• There are two perspectives in the EU, the eastern countries that press for a quicker military reinforcement and the southern ones seeking to convince their electorates of the pertinent rearmament.
• The speed of progress in this scenario in Spain was slowed down by obstacles presented by opposition parties and those that initially supported Sánchez.
• The opposition, although acknowledging the need for a state pact, does not support the Government on this issue due to a lack of details and also unrelated issues to the Russian threat.

Conclusion: The government failed to gain the necessary support for this decision, leaving the session with criticisms from its coalition partners and rejection from the opposition.

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