Spain is still furious with Germany. It has only been a week since the German chancellor, Friedrich Merzin the face of Donald Trump’s harsh threats to cut commercial ties with Madrid. An unusual image in which a leader of the European Union does not publicly defend one of his staunchest allies.
This has provoked a barrage of criticism of the German government in the international press, which has been forced to explain itself. After the meeting in Washington, and as reported by the newspaper the chancellor stated that he had not spoken out to defend a fellow EU member because he didn’t want to risk “aggravating” the situation by publicly rebuking Trump.
The US president threatened to impose sanctions for refusing to allow US military planes to use Spanish air bases to attack Iran, as well as for not wanting to add 5% of GDP to increasing weapons capacity.
Two alleged unanswered calls
The silence of the German president and his supposed explanation has been of little use in Madrid. Jose Luis Albaresthe position of Berlin. The Foreign Minister assured that he could not imagine that “former German chancellors Angela Merkel or Olaf Scholz would remain silent in a similar situation.”
However, Merz’s spokesman, Stephen Corneliusminimized that “the relationship is not tense at all.” According to him, the German Chancellor has contacted Pedro Sánchez on two occasions but “has not been able to locate him.” “He left a voicemail for the prime minister and is waiting for a return call,” he explained.
La Moncloa sources contacted by Politicalhave assured that the calls were not answered because “the German chancellor dialed a number that is no longer in service, without realizing that the president changes it periodically for security reasons.” The Government has sent but the leaders have not contacted at the moment.
The German Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, He has also insisted that both countries remain close allies and that in the face of Trump’s tariff threats.
