Spanish → English transcript

Faced with this situation,

the progressive coalition government is going

otros conflictos y en crisis internacionales. En primer lugar, estamos asistiendo

we are assisting Spanish men and women who are in the Middle East and we are

going to help them return to our country, if that, of course, is their wish.

The foreign service and the military are working day

and night to put evacuation arrangements in place.

It is clear that the operations are very delicate because the region’s airspace

delicadas porque el espacio aéreo de la región no es seguro y

is not safe and because its airport network is severely affected by the attacks.

gravemente afectada por los ataques.

But our compatriots can be certain that we are going to protect them and that we are

de que vamos a protegerles y de que vamos a traerles de vuelta a casa.

En segundo lugar, el Gobierno de

studying scenarios and possible measures to help households, workers, companies,

the self- employed,

ello los impactos económicos de este conflicto, si es que fuera necesario.

Thanks to the dynamism of our economy and also thanks to the responsibility of the

government's fiscal policy, Spain currently has the resources needed to face this

España cuenta en estos momentos con los recursos necesarios para hacer frente

crisis as well, once again. We have the capacity, and also the political will,

también la voluntad política y lo haremos de

and we will do so hand in hand with social partners, as we did during the pandemic,

the energy crisis, or more recently, the inflation crisis.

recientemente la crisis inflacionaria.

Thirdly, we are going to cooperate, as we have always done,

with all the countries in the region that advocate for peace and for upholding

international legality, which are two sides of the same coin.

By supporting them with diplomatic resources,

By supporting them with diplomatic resources,

and also with whatever material resources are required.

aliados europeos en una respuesta coordinada y que pueda ser definitivamente eficaz.

And we are going to keep working to achieve

two places that deserve not to be forgotten.

two places that deserve not to be forgotten.

And finally, the government is going to continue demanding

a cease- fire in hostilities and a diplomatic resolution of this war.

And I also want to make that explicit, because yes, the right word is demand.

Because Spain is a full member of the European Union, of NATO,

And because this crisis also affects us as well, the Europeans and consequently

And because this crisis also affects us as well, the Europeans and consequently

a los europeos y por consecuencia a los españoles. Y por eso tenemos que exigir

from the United States, from Iran, from Israel that they stop before it is too late.

from the United States, from Iran, from Israel that they stop before it is too late.

I have said it on many occasions and I repeat it now:

you cannot respond to one illegality with another because that is how the

great disasters of humanity begin.