The EU, USA and UK will want to find any way to take down Spain's government since it has shown itself to be genuinely left-wing and governing for the people not the billionaires. Internationally, Spain has stood out lately in holding sane positions that cast a stark light on the corruption and deceitfulness of neoliberals elsewhere. Anyway, that's to say that we should read criticisms like this of Spain with that background in mind.
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Oh, yeah, the Sanchez government's stark light on the corruption elsewhere ... perfect background (s/)
As an addition:
European partners criticize Spain's relationship with China as the Kings dine with Xi Jinping
Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands have shown their concerns towards the Asian country, an attitude and positioning that sharply contrasts with Spain's approach
... "The Italian Minister of Economy, Giorgetti, already called on the European Union to adopt a united stance against China to curb the threat to our industry. A similar sentiment exists in Germany, where the government coalition is taking the lead in reviewing the trade policy between China and Germany. The Netherlands has made a decision regarding Nexperia, and France is considering measures against Shein," these same sources elaborate ...
Regarding the case of Shein, French authorities ordered the inspection of up to 200,000 packages from the company last week to check for possible violations of regulations, a measure intertwined with the Paris Prosecutor's decision to initiate an investigation for "dissemination of images or representations of minors of a pornographic nature" affecting this same company, as well as the Chinese platforms AliExpress and Temu ...
The European Commission prefers not to comment at this time. In the past, they were very critical of Pedro Sánchez's government, especially when the Prime Minister visited China and requested not to impose tariffs on Chinese electric cars during EU-China negotiations ...