Published on
19/06/2026 - 20:01 GMT+2
Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has underlined from Brussels the importance of moving towards "a Europe open to the world" capable of responding to global challenges with deeper integration, strategic autonomy and greater financial capacity.
"Europe will not be a geoeconomic power if we do not have the financial firepower to be one," said the Spanish leader, who on Thursday took part in a European Council meeting focused on the EU's future budget and the current international situation.
With this warning, Sánchez, whose future at the helm of the Spanish government is in doubt because of the various corruption scandals surrounding him, stressed the need for the European Union to have a more ambitious Multiannual Financial Framework capable of boosting the bloc's competitiveness and sustaining greater strategic autonomy in the face of an increasingly volatile international environment.
