Sánchez showed a willingness to frame a values-based foreign policy that could transcend what he described as the transatlantic bond.

What values form this ‘value-based foreign policy’ if he just contract China’s Huawei to store judicial wiretaps in Spain, against the explicit concerns of Spain’s EU and transatlantic partners? (At the same time, however, Spanish government cancels contract with the country’s Telefonica for using Huawei gear, which is a somewhat interesting move.)

What values does Mr. Sanchez hold if his relationship with China - which is a dictatorship, according to a wide range of human rights activists and even some Western politicians - is apparently that close?