Spain's PM sides with Germany over importance of U.S. security role


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during a no confidence motion against the government at parliament in Madrid, Spain, October 22, 2020. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Pool via Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday backed Germany's view that Europe would not be able to provide for its own security without U.S. and NATO help, distancing him from a call by France for an independent European defence strategy.

"I would say I am more with the German vision of international relations," Sanchez said during a video conference on foreign policy held by the Krober Foundation when asked whether he backed the German or French stance.

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