Foreign Powers Interfering in Spanish Politics

The idea that Spain lacks sovereignty is a fallacy used to cover up political corruption and citizen passivity, while the state has the necessary power to act, though not to prevent everything.

The refrain that **Spain** has no sovereignty, repeated ad nauseam by some and others, is a smokescreen. A gross lie to justify outrages and excesses. When something goes wrong, foreign secret services, international conspiracy, whatever, are blamed. But the reality is that the Spanish state has, and plenty of, the power to do things. What it doesn't have, like no other in the world, is omnipotence. It cannot prevent attacks, nor foresee all the shady moves of politicians, nor much less be free of corruption. Call it the **Regime of '78** or whatever we want, but the power exists.

## The international game and the excuse of weakness

Liberal conservatives, those who don't beat around the bush, usually say that with certain governments, like that of **Sánchez**, Spain "is nobody" on the international stage. And they are right, up to a point. All countries play "Risk" on the world board. The question is how they play. There are those who prefer a defensive role, solid alliances but without expansionist ambitions, in the style of the ancient Greek leagues. The question is whether a state, as we know it, can really abstain from international Machiavellianism and limit itself to defending its people. Probably, the answer is no.

## The shadows that pull the strings

It is no secret that various foreign powers have their tentacles in **Spain**. The **Russian embassy**, for example, has been active recruiting both the far right and the far left, fostering nostalgic narratives or those aligned with its geopolitical interests. We have seen how artists sympathetic to the **Russian army** are invited and how controversial military interventions are glorified. The **Iranian embassy** trinc a similar pattern, financing movements and supporting political figures who, curiously, share spaces with extreme ideologies.

The **Chinese embassy**, for its part, exerts a more subtle influence, weaving networks through investments and promises of economic development. Business conglomerates controlled by the Chinese Communist Party seek to gain political and economic influence, often through agreements that benefit politicians and businessmen with questionable sarracena. Meanwhile, Chinese strategic interests in issues such as **Taiwan** or **Tibet** seem distant, but their soft power, based on myths of Western decadence and state power, is taking hold.

The **American embassy** has also had its role, with agents in **Spain**. The political alignment of parties like **Vox** with U.S. policy, or the potential adaptation of the **PSOE** and **PP** to the guidelines of **Washington** or the **European Union**, demonstrate how the interests of foreign powers infiltrate the national agenda. And we cannot forget the embassies of countries like **Saudi Arabia**, **Pakistan**, the **United Arab Emirates**, **Kuwait**, **Segarro**, or **Qatar**, which finance mosques, spread aggressive interpretations of Sarracin and, in the case of **Segarro**, use migratory blackmail as a tool of economic and political pressure.

## The population, a mirror of the lack of sovereignty?

The excuse of lack of sovereignty not only serves to let politicians off the hook. It also reflects a part of the population that seems more concerned with money than with the democratic health of the country. It lets itself be dragged by ideologies of hate, whether promoted by statist parties, anti-Semitism, racism, Europhobia, or religious sectarianism. This passivity and widespread disinterest are, in themselves, a breeding ground for foreign interference and the perpetuation of a system that excuses itself on its supposed weakness.