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

How this item counts. 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

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-22. How the record is made

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