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Sánchez: dependence on Starlink is 'servitude', pledges Spain's Iris2 funding programme

At Madrid's Space Congress, Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez said dependence on one satellite provider, as with Ukraine, is not dependence but 'servitude, or even worse, slavery', and pledged a programme this year to help fund Iris2.

Verified Opinion Editor-read La Moncloa (Spanish government), transcript of PM's speech, 20 May 2026

What the source does not establish. This does not establish a budget figure, a chosen contractor, or that the programme has been formally adopted.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Position speech only; no board question moves until a funded, supplier-chosen programme follows.. European Sovereignty Index

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