Spain convenes European, Arab nations to ramp up pressure on Israel over Gaza campaign
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Spain’s foreign minister called on the international community to impose sanctions on Israel to end the war in Gaza, as European and Arab nations met in Madrid on Sunday to push for a ceasefire and increased…

Representatives from European countries including France, Britain, Germany and Italy are joining envoys from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Morocco, the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Norway, Iceland, Ireland and Slovenia, who like Spain have already recognised a Palestinian state, are also taking part, alongside Brazil.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
    111·
    3 days ago

    I think it’s because Spain has one of the few truly left leaning governments. After losing local elections to right wing parties they called early parliamentary elections and run hard left in the campaign. Most governments lean right in those situations to attract some right wing voters but Spanish PM really showed were he stands and won. The minor coalition partner in the government is even more progressive so together they are not afraid to speak out. Other countries still feel endangered by the right and don’t want to fight.

    • itsralC@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Ehhh… Our president is great at appearing to be left-leaning, but at the end of the day the average spaniard sees no change in their quality of life, as most of the money goes to futile campaigns that show how cool and progressive our government is, instead of actual change. He is a very good diplomat, by which I mean he lies very well and keeps good apperances and relations with the outside world. Don’t get me wrong, I’d much rather have him in government than the (far) right coalition of PP/Vox (which is always really close to winning when they aren’t going after eachother…), but his party is still a status-quo party. The last elections, it seemed their whole campaign was based on “stopping” the far right, which is good, but come on, give me something more to work with.

      And what I said about funneling money towards shitty achieve-nothing-while-looking-good campaigns? The more left leaning party Sumar is that x10 (or their leader at least). And also they managed to lose leftist votes in general by fracturing from the previous party, Podemos. Yay for leftist infighting!

      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I mostly agree but not completely. Yes, Sanchez is a very much just a masterful liar but him clinging to power for so long instead of handing it to PP/Vox is really a remarkable achievement. PSOE is basically a center-left party and you can’t expect much from them. They are not going to implement radical reforms. And yes, Sumar does focus on empty gestures a lot but I wouldn’t say they achieved nothing. They have pretty good track record in consumer protection (multiple lawsuits and fines for corporations, new laws protecting consumers) and labor reform (Spain had the fastest growing GDP out of developed countries last year). They are also the only government showing some spine when it comes to Israel. Overall, I would give them a decent 6/10. Not great but moving in the right directions. There are really few governments out there that pass this mark.