The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, maintained this Monday that “being pro-Atlantic does not mean vassalage”, when asked about the US threats to annex the Arctic citing security reasons. Both Sánchez and the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, have defended that the defense of the Arctic should depend on the EU and NATO. “I want to believe that there are mutually beneficial solutions for both sides of the Atlantic,” said Mitsotakis. Both leaders met in La Moncloa to address, among other issues, bilateral relations and the common interests of both countries regarding various issues on the European agenda. In another vein, the Minister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, has rejected the rent intervention measure proposed by Pedro Sánchez, considering it “unfair, ineffective and not appropriate” and anticipates that Sumar will not support the measure. For his part, the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has criticized the regional financing agreement reached by the Government and ERC last Thursday. “It is unacceptable that Mr. Junqueras says what must be done with the financing of all Spaniards,” Feijóo said at a party event after a Steering Committee in Barcelona.
