Chinese influence in Spain

[william]

Huawei now manages Spain's sensitive wiretap data. Other EU countries say that puts the entire bloc at risk. Spain's interior ministry signed a €12.3 million contract giving Huawei responsibility for storing and managing judicial wiretap data. One EU lawmaker called it "poisoning the well of European intelligence sharing," not just a Spanish problem. Spain's defense ministry denies any risk.

This sits inside a much bigger pattern. PM Pedro Sánchez has visited Xi Jinping four times in four years, more than any other EU leader. Chinese investment in Spain has doubled in the past year. Chery built its first European factory there. CATL and Hithium are placing battery gigafactories in Zaragoza and Navarra, localizing production specifically to dodge EU tariffs on Chinese EVs.

Shanghai was just named the first Asian city of honor at Barcelona's biggest festival.China is also getting the public on its side. 54% of Spaniards now view China favorably, compared to just 30% for the US.Other EU states see the danger clearly. On his last Beijing trip, Sánchez met with the founder of a Chinese wind-turbine company whose UK factory plan had just been blocked on national-security grounds elsewhere in Europe.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105849782476677603

Spain chooses Huawei for intelligence wiretaps despite risks -

In a move that has sparked concern among cybersecurity experts and law enforcement circles, the Spanish government

europeantimes.org

Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps

The Spanish government is using Huawei to manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in the country used by both law enforcement and intellige...

www.cybersecurity-now.co.uk

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

Spain is insane

 

[GBS61]

Spain is insane

• They reject the American vision of global confrontation and believe that trade should not be militarized.
• Spain prioritizes the survival and revitalization of its industry through green investments rather than blindly following Washington's confrontational rhetoric.

The US is behaving like the Roman Empire.
I think, rather, that it is the US that is crazy.

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

I think, rather, that it is the US that is crazy.

Spain isn't insane because they reject what you define as American expansionism and the militarisation of trade.

They're insane because they are entrusting intelligence apparatus to a country that does not have Spain's interests at heart. Spyware, crippleware, backdoors.

 

[GBS61]

Spain isn't insane because they reject what you define as American expansionism and the militarisation of trade.

They're insane because they are entrusting intelligence apparatus to a country that does not have Spain's interests at heart. Spyware, crippleware, backdoors.

Time will tell, but more and more countries will move closer to China and distance themselves from the US. The US tells its allies: "Do this and shut your mouth." You cannot treat your allies that way.
If the US doesn't make a complete turnaround in the coming years, it will suffer the same fate as the USSR: disintegration!
China will replace the US as the superpower on every level.

 

[DEFCON Warning System]

he US tells its allies: "Do this and shut your mouth." You cannot treat your allies that way.

Agreed.

This doesn't make China a good alternative.