Overview
- The leaders were scheduled to meet at 18:00 in Moncloa to discuss security and defense, though La Vanguardia reported the encounter was suspended following the Córdoba rail accident.
- Sánchez has signaled willingness to send Spanish peacekeepers to Ukraine and to Palestine once stable ceasefires are in place, and Defense Minister Margarita Robles expressed openness to a monitoring mission in Greenland.
- Major overseas missions require congressional approval, and the government lacks a guaranteed majority, increasing the weight of cross-party agreement.
- PP regional leaders gathered in Zaragoza and signed a 19-point document rejecting María Jesús Montero’s proposed regional financing model, a stance Feijóo plans to push in any talks.
- Vox criticized Feijóo for engaging with Sánchez and called the move a “gran estafa,” while Feijóo stressed respect for institutional dialogue and prepared to raise issues including Venezuela, China/Huawei, G‑20 status, and intelligence-sharing.