Next Tuesday, Pedro Sánchez will go to the Meseberg Palace, about 70 kilometers from Berlin, at the invitation of Chancellor Scholz. strategy meeting All members of the German government were also summoned. This is not a bilateral summit (scheduled to be held in Madrid in October) or, frankly, a routine meeting between the two leaders (with Merkel and Macron meeting frequently at Messeberg), it is a new institution that Scholz is deeply involved with. The latest action, similar to that of Sánchez, came in May when the chancellor invited the Swedish and Finnish prime ministers as a clear gesture of support for the double decision to include their respective countries in NATO after the invasion of Ukraine. by Putin.
Scholz has just come to power, so to speak, and has inherited major mistakes from his predecessor, such as seeing Russia as a reliable partner he can rely on for most of his energy supply. Also, Scholz is a social democrat and therefore his compatibility with Macron will be limited. Currently, Paris is trying to solve its own problem by rehabilitating its aging nuclear park and is not very welcoming of Midcat, the gas pipeline that will connect Spain to Germany and give the South access to the heart of Europe. With Italy threatening to fall into the hands of the far-right, it makes sense for Scholz to seek affinity and partnership with Spain. It would not make sense to draw conclusions before the meeting takes place, but it can already be predicted that we are facing an important initiative that will strengthen Spain’s position in anchoring the European center of gravity.