Pedro Sánchez

After first holding back, Sánchez's government joined the European Union states that asked to list Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group. The EU's foreign ministers agreed the listing on 29 January 2026.

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Listing the Revolutionary Guard as terrorists counts as with liberty.

On the day of the joint United States and Israeli attack on Iran, Sánchez rejected it as a unilateral military action and asked for immediate de-escalation. He rejected Iran's missile response in the same message.

“the unilateral military action of the US and Israel, which is an escalation and adds to a more uncertain and hostile international order”

In Spanish: la acción militar unilateral de EEUU e Israel, que supone una escalada y contribuye a un orden internacional más incierto y hostil

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Condemning strikes on the regime counts as against liberty.

Sánchez refused to let the United States use the Rota and Morón bases in Spain for the attack on Iran and summed up his government's position as no to war.

“The position of the Government of Spain comes down to four words: no to war”

In Spanish: La posición del Gobierno de España se resume en cuatro palabras: no a la guerra

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Blocking allied military action against the regime counts as against liberty.

In his statement on the war Sánchez said Spain repudiates the Iranian regime for repressing and killing its people, women above all, while asking for a diplomatic solution.

“We repudiate the regime of Iran, which represses and kills, women especially, but we ask for a diplomatic and political solution.”

In Spanish: Repudiamos el régimen de Irán, que reprime y mata, especialmente a las mujeres, pero pedimos una solución diplomática y política.

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Speaking against the regime's treatment of Iranians, and of women in particular, counts as with liberty.

Sánchez announced in Congress that his government would recognise Palestine as a state on 28 May 2024, together with Ireland and Norway, while Hamas still held hostages.

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Recognising a Palestinian state while Hamas held hostages counts as against liberty.

Sánchez announced nine measures against Israel, among them a decree law making the arms embargo permanent, and said their purpose was to stop the genocide in Gaza.

“has decided to go a step further and put in place at once nine additional actions to stop the genocide in Gaza, to pursue those carrying it out and to support the Palestinian population”

In Spanish: ha decidido dar un paso más y poner en marcha de forma inmediata nueve acciones adicionales para detener el genocidio en Gaza, para perseguir a sus ejecutores y para apoyar a la población palestina

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An arms embargo on Israel and calling its war genocide are both against liberty by our test.

In Kyiv, on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, Sánchez announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine worth 1,000 million euros.

“Diplomacy alone will not be enough. We need to combine it with more strength and unity”

In Spanish: La diplomacia por sí sola no bastará. Necesitamos combinarla con más fortaleza y unidad

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Arming Ukraine against Russia counts as with liberty.

After the United States captured Nicolás Maduro, Sánchez said Spain would not recognise the intervention. He had not recognised Maduro's government either.

“Spain will not recognise an intervention that violates international law and pushes the region towards a horizon of uncertainty and warmongering”

In Spanish: España no reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional y empuja a la región a un horizonte de incertidumbre y belicismo

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He opposed the American action against Maduro without siding with Maduro, so the line does not settle the measure.

Sánchez's government approved a plan that adds 10,471 million euros to defence so that Spain reaches 2% of GDP in 2025, four years earlier than it had promised.

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Raising defence spending to meet the earlier NATO target counts as with liberty.

Before the NATO summit in The Hague, Sánchez said Spain would not raise defence spending to the alliance's new target of 5% of GDP and would stay at 2.1%.

“We are not going to raise it to 5%. It would be disproportionate and unnecessary”

In Spanish: No vamos a aumentarlo al 5%. Sería desproporcionado e innecesario

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Refusing the NATO spending target counts as against liberty.

In Senegal Sánchez said that people who reach Spain irregularly must be returned to their countries, and that returns send a message to the smuggling gangs.

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Returning people who enter illegally counts as with liberty.

Sánchez's cabinet approved a royal decree to give legal status to more than 500,000 foreigners living in Spain without papers, after a deal between the PSOE and Podemos.

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A mass regularisation counts as against liberty.

The PSOE voted against taking up a Vox bill to ban the burka and the niqab in public spaces. Its speaker said such garments follow a sexist logic and that the party was open to a serious debate.

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Voting down a ban on the full veil counts as against liberty.

The PSOE and its coalition partner Sumar brought a bill to Congress that removes the crime of offending religious feelings from the Penal Code, and their votes defeated the PP and Vox amendments against it.

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Repealing a blasphemy law counts as with liberty.

At a union congress Sánchez defended the special taxes on banks, energy companies and large fortunes and said he would keep demanding them.

“I will keep demanding these taxes”

In Spanish: Seguiré reivindicando estos impuestos

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Higher taxes on companies and a wealth tax are against liberty by our test.

Sánchez announced a law to make the heads of social media companies criminally liable if their platforms do not take down illegal or hate content, a ban on social media for under-16s, and a system to track what he called the hate and polarisation footprint.

“Social networks have become a failed state, a place where laws are ignored, crimes are tolerated, disinformation is worth more than the truth and half the users suffer hate attacks”

In Spanish: Las redes sociales se han convertido en un estado fallido en un lugar donde se ignoran las leyes, se toleran los delitos, la desinformación vale más que la verdad y la mitad de los usuarios sufren ataques de odio

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Criminal liability for platforms over hate content and disinformation, and a state ban on access, are against liberty by our test.

The same PSOE and Sumar bill removes the crimes of insulting the Crown and insulting national symbols from the Penal Code.

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Repealing speech crimes counts as with liberty.

The Trans law, a bill of Sánchez's government that lets people aged 16 and over change their legal sex by declaration, passed Congress with the PSOE's votes.

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A gender self-identification law counts as against liberty.