Spain urges EU to end association agreement with Israel

Actually many do not buy Russian oil, including the US, who hasn’t paid a penny to Russia for oil since before the 2022 Ukraine invasion.

They have Western Europe in the way of any real threats so they can selfishly do/say what's best for them at any given moment.

Hungary* would like a word

Spain has a long history of supporting tyranny and religious extremism.

Spain, who recognizes all the descendants of those who were expelled as eligible for the spanish citizenship, those guys.

En el primer trimestre, la **UE** recibió **6.800 millones de m³** de GNL ruso, un aumento del 10% respecto al año anterior.

> And with Israel we will want to end things rather sooner than later too. Why?

Stupid reply, tbh. Sanchez literally talks about following “international law” as his benchmark reason. And as you may be aware, China is famously one of the most notorious international law breakers in the world. So yes, that’s an astounding level of hypocrisy.

Like the last 3 times?

When arguing with *whom*? Russia? Who with moral credibility does Europe have to make itself look better in front of?

None of what you said is even remotely true; Pedro Sanchez's position exists only because he's pro-Spain (as he should be) and the Hormuz situation damages his country and his bloc (the EU), not to mention he loves the votes he gets for this position. It's 2026; it's high time the the average person realizes that a country's foreign policy, is dictated *only* by self-interest, which makes sense, given that we don't live in some post-scarcity utopian world. Canada, Japan, China, Brazil, India, Malaysia, Egypt, Turkey, France, the UK, and literally everyone else, maintain foreign policy positions that are highly pro themselves, and have nothing to do with moral posturing ever. Even the famous Swiss neutrality, is entirely in self-interest, and ironically used to be argued as being amoral. Coming back to Spain, you can even verify this easily; if Sanchez *actually* gave a jack about the ethical/moralistic angle that you "will" him to, then he wouldn't love China (just one example) but he really gets along with Xi. Never mind the Uyghur Muslim ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang, or the country they fully control (Tibet) or the threats to Taiwan and much more. He sucks Xi off because you kinda *have to* in 2026 given China's trade power. Ditto for his Russian oil and gas deals.

What concrete steps would Israel need to take in order to resume the association agreement, assuming it gets ended?

History gets written by the victors. Israel's enemies do not appear to be winning, and haven't done so in the past 80 years of this conflict. Why would we side with losers?

Again the new target was planned to be 5% and Spain demanded an exception...

err do you know how NATO works? it’s a defensive pact, not an offensive military alliance. i know with you revolutionary types it’s always feels > reals

How about the bare minimum defence contributions that most members do ?

NATO is a defensive alliance and Spain has not been contributing enough in decades.

Thanks for the link, interestingly enough.... >Spain Imports from Israel was US$939.76 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Spain Imports from Israel - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on April of 2026.

All of this stuff is being pushed out in order to make people think that you must be pro-Iran if you disagree with Israel's actions. If you look at any pro-Israel spaces online you'll see the same lines being consistently pushed in order to reinforce this false dichotomy.

Your comment is also misleading. I dug and it mentions, industrial furnaces and specialized valves which you say is for farming and such. But a quick google and AI research states: High-value industrial furnaces and specialized valves are critical dual-use items used to manufacture high-performance weapons systems, including missiles, drones, and nuclear infrastructure. These components enable the production of aerospace alloys, carbon fiber, and chemical handling systems vital for military applications So both could be true, and Spain is just writing farming and other systems but the Iranians are using it for other methods. Which I would highly suspect is the case.

There is no evidence of Germany exporting arms or arms related sales to Iran. The less at this value. Stop making up nonsense. The number is true https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/spain-shames-europe-by-quietly-arming-iran “According to data from Spain’s Ministry of Trade, the Spanish government exported more than €1.3 million worth of dual-use materials to Iran in 2024 and the first half of 2025, including explosive components, laboratory reagents, and specialized control software. Since Sánchez took office in 2018, official data indicates Spain has authorized roughly $7 million in dual-use exports to Iran with potential military and nuclear applications, and machinery shipments alone reached about $80 million in 2024.” https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/04/15/israeli-legal-group-files-icc-complaint-against-spains-pedro-sanchez-over-alleged-dual-use-weapons-exports-to-iran/ Also, hope Lahore is sunny today

It’s dual use materials. I can write “ammonium nitrate,= fertilizer “ so farming material yet it can be used to make explosives (like in the Oklahoma federal building bombing the anniversary of which is today)

The truth is that Israel won't do anything to Spain even if Spain does everything it can to make Israel suffer in the media. The opposite applies for Arab countries. Spain was taking part in Iraqi war and had to stop because of local bombings.

Spain is not buddying up with Russia, instead they support Ukraine, and has always had good relations with China. Spain has no relations with Iran.

Yeah no. Sanchez may be done. But Israel has also lost almost all of the goodwill it had in the west with the younger generations.  Even for me as a staunch supporter of Israel's right to exist in the historical Israel area and their fight against Hamas. All the other shit they've done really is a bridge too far. If Bibi isn't kicked out soon y'all are gonna reach the point of no return.