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Sánchez Finalizes Cross-Party Security Meetings as Junts Declines to Attend

The talks seek backing to request congressional clearance for conditional peacekeeping deployments.

Overview

  • Moncloa set the first-round schedule: Jan. 19 with PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo (18:00), Jan. 20 with Sumar (10:00) and ERC (11:00), and Jan. 22 with EH Bildu (10:00) and PNV (11:00), with more meetings after Sánchez returns from Davos.
  • Junts said it will not participate, stating it considers itself informed and does not see a meeting as necessary, reflecting broken relations since November.
  • Vox is excluded from the consultations, consistent with the government's decision to leave the far-right party out of this round.
  • Sánchez plans to ask the Congress of Deputies to authorize a Spanish peace mission to Ukraine once a ceasefire takes effect, as any deployment requires parliamentary approval.
  • He also intends to seek authorization for a mission to Palestine contingent on a respected Gaza ceasefire, and the government signaled openness to a European surveillance mission in Greenland.