Opinions of Javier Fernández Arribas

Javier Fernández Arribas
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sostiene una muestra de petróleo en un foro empresarial en Qasr Al Watan durante la última parada de su visita al Golfo, en Abu Dabi - REUTERS/ BRIAN SNYDER

The Trump saga

Uncertainty is one of the worst situations for any person, any organisation, any country, and if that uncertainty is caused by a major power such as…
Sánchez, erre que erre, se manifiesta en contra del 5 por ciento y asegura con el 2,1 del PIB va a cumplir en tiempo y forma con los objetivos de capacidades a los que se ha comprometido - PHOTO/Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken-Phil Nijhuis

Consensus on foreign policy

The Spanish government has become isolated in major international organisations such as NATO and the European Union
Fotografía de archivo, el presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, se reúne con el secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, en el Palacio de la Moncloa en Madrid, España, el 27 de enero de 2025 - REUTERS/JUAN MEDINA

Defence is not a game

The temptation to use an external enemy to unite internal forces and distract attention from serious difficulties at home is intense and almost…
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump - REUTERS/ELIZABETH FRANTZ

The authority of the unelected

When someone justifies their decisions and attacks those they consider their rivals and enemies by saying: I make good decisions, I am the president…
Un hombre con la bandera de Libia durante un bombardeo cerca de la ciudad de Ras Lanuf - PHOTO/REUTERS/GORAN TOMASEVIC

More violence in Tripoli

The Spanish nationals who were trapped in Tripoli by the fighting between government troops and militias whose leader was killed a few days ago have…
El Papa Francisco (2.º por la izq.) saluda al Gran Imán Azhar de Egipto, el Jeque Ahmed al-Tayeb (3.º por la der.), tras la firma de documentos durante la Reunión de la Fraternidad Humana en el Monumento a los Fundadores de Abu Dabi el 4 de febrero de 2019 - PHOTO/ ARCHIVO

Francis' interfaith dialogue

On Saturday, the Vatican became the capital of the world, with the largest concentration of power and heads of state and government in the world.
Nasser Bourita y José Manuel Albares - PHOTO/MINISTERIO ASUNTOS EXTERIORES

Spain with Morocco

The Spanish Government joins in ratifying its support for the Autonomy Plan for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the most realistic, serious…
<p>El presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, y la presidenta del Banco Central Europeo (BCE), Christine Lagarde, se estrechan la mano cerca del primer ministro húngaro, Viktor Orban, y el primer ministro eslovaco, Robert Fico, el día de una cumbre de la Unión Europea en Bruselas, Bélgica, el 20 de marzo de 2025 - REUTERS/YVES HERMAN&nbsp;</p>

The moment of truth

The moment of truth is approaching and each political leader must take a stand. On the table is the immediate future of the European Union
Vladimir Putin en un buque de la Armada rusa - PHOTO/FILE

Russia longs for the Atlantic

Intelligence services in western countries report with evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to continue his foreign expansion…
António Costa, Volodimir Zelenski y Úrsula von der Leyen - PHOTO/EU Council/@EUCouncil

Conscience over money

European leaders are reacting in haste to the change in attitude of US President Donald Trump towards Ukraine, apparently in favour of Putin and far…
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump se reúne con el presidente ucraniano Volodimir Zelenski en la Casa Blanca en Washington, DC, EE. UU., el 28 de febrero de 2025 - REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDER

Unacceptable methods

Surely the embarrassing and unacceptable spectacle that the President and Vice-President of the United States put on for the world in order to…
El comandante del Ejército Nacional de Libia, Khalifa Haftar, en una reunión con el general Michael Langley - PHOTO/EJÉRCITO NACIONAL LIBIO vía REUTERS

Libya and its National Army

The Libyan people are united thanks to their National Army and grateful for having restored the peace, security and recovery they need after many…
Palestinos caminando entre los escombros de los edificios destruidos, en Jabalia, en el norte de la Franja de Gaza - REUTERS/ DAWOUD ABU ALKAS

Trump's Riviera

We should remember, at this moment, and I fear that for many more to come, the definition of Donald Trump offered a few weeks ago by the diplomat and…
<p>Combinación de imágenes muestra a los rehenes israelíes liberados - PHOTO/Haim Zach/Oficina de Prensa del Gobierno/Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel/Maayan Toaf/GPO/Ronen Harish/GP vía REUTERS&nbsp;</p>

Bitter liberation

Emotion, joy, relief after more than a year of suffering and ordeal, of desperation and frustration at the kidnapping of their loved ones at the…
Opositor marroquí

The risks of confusion

There are many examples, too many, of how confusion is being used and manipulated to try to create states of opinion and favour authoritarian…
<p>El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, junto a su esposa Cilia Flores y su homólogo nicaragüense Daniel Ortega después de que Maduro jurara su cargo para un tercer mandato de seis años, en Caracas, Venezuela, 10 de enero de 2025 - REUTERS/MAXWELL BRICEÑO&nbsp;</p>

Fraud in Venezuela

That the Chavista dictatorship culminates its fraud, its coup d'état, with the swearing-in of Nicolás Maduro as the new president of Venezuela…
<p>Un agente cerca del lugar donde un hombre que conducía un camión mató a varias personas en un ataque durante las celebraciones de Año Nuevo en Nueva Orleans - REUTERS/ EDUARDO MUÑOZ<br />
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Permanent terrorist threat

Terrorism remains a permanent threat to all.  It seemed to have disappeared for some time after the fall of the so-called Caliphate in Syria…