Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a bilateral meeting at the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’ Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Sam Jones, Patrick Wintour and Jamie Wilson in Madrid Wed 3 Sep 2025 06.00 CEST Share ​Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.

In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created.