Overview

• Spain’s prime minister said the EU’s divided approach to Gaza has failed and is eroding the bloc’s global standing.
• He has accused Israel of causing a genocidal situation in Gaza and has advocated Palestinian state recognition plus a freeze of the EU–Israel association agreement.
• The comments come ahead of his Downing Street meeting with Keir Starmer, the first Spain–UK leaders’ summit in more than a decade.
• UK foreign secretary David Lammy told Parliament the government still intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September.
• Sánchez rejected a NATO push for defence spending of 5% of GDP, reported a tariff threat from President Donald Trump, and argued the US is weakening the postwar order, which he says opens space for European and UK leadership.