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"Spain told Germany of 'surprise' at Merz's White House comments, foreign minister says
Madrid has shared with Germany its “surprise” at remarks made by German chancellor Friedrich #Merz, who appeared to support US president Donald Trump’s threats to cut trade with Spain (8:55), Spain’s foreign minister José Manuel Albares said.

“I cannot imagine chancellors (Angela) Merkel or (Olaf) Scholz making such remarks,” #Albares said in a TV interview with state broadcaster TVE, reported by Reuters."

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Michaela W.Mar 4

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/04/europe-latest-news-updates-pedro-sanchez-spain-nato-eu?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69a7fd158f08551fed5912af#block-69a7fd158f08551fed5912af

Spain’s Sánchez says ‘no to war’ after Trump’s threats over Nato spending and use of bases – Europe live

Spain’s PM says he opposes ‘repeating the mistakes of the past’ as EU tells US president it stands ‘in solidarity with all member states’

the Guardian

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Michaela W.

Madrid hat Deutschland seine „Überraschung“ über die Äußerungen des deutschen Bundeskanzlers Friedrich #Merz mitgeteilt, der offenbar die Drohungen von US-Präsident Donald Trump unterstützt, den Handel mit Spanien einzustellen (8:55), sagte der spanische Außenminister José Manuel Albares.
„Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Bundeskanzlerin (Angela) Merkel oder (Olaf) Scholz solche Äußerungen machen würden”, sagte #Albares...