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PP Pushes for Hearings on Huawei and Hikvision Contracts

The PP says ministers must explain why Spain granted sensitive data storage alongside border surveillance roles to Chinese firms despite international security warnings.

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Miguel Tellado, en el Congreso, en una foto de archivo.
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Overview

  • The PP has filed requests for Congress to summon the interior, justice, defense and foreign affairs ministers along with Secretary of State Antonio Hernando to clarify deals with Huawei and Hikvision.
  • Acento, the consultancy founded by José Blanco where Antonio Hernando once worked, has issued a blanket denial of any role in securing the €12.3 million Huawei contract.
  • Interior’s procurement documents omitted anti-Huawei clauses, allowing the company to win the SITEL judicial phone-tap storage contract by undercutting competitors on price.
  • The same ministry contracted Hikvision to replace aging Pelco cameras and oversee video surveillance along the Ceuta and Melilla border fences.
  • The government maintains that all technical and legal safeguards meet European standards even as the US and UK ban Chinese surveillance and telecommunications equipment.