Bullets purchase from Israel rattles Spain s leftist coalition
- Spain's Interior Ministry cancelled a contract buying ammunition from an Israeli company.
- Pressure from junior partner Sumar prompted this contract cancellation.
- The contract involved buying over 15 million 9-mm rounds.
- The cancelled purchase was worth 6.6 million euros.
- This decision drew a strong rebuke from junior coalition partners.
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Bullets purchase from Israel rattles Spain s leftist coalition
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"When a state makes a contract with another state, that contract must be fulfilled." The PP leader has shown his deep rejection of the unilateral decision taken by the government to rescind the agreement signed for the purchase of bullets from Israel. Alberto Núñez Feijoo has not only defended that the contracts must be fulfilled, even more so if they are between democratic states, but he has placed the focus that the rupture is also due "becaus…
Buying ammunition from Israel puts the left-wing coalition in danger in Spain
Madrid. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior, chaired by the socialist Pedro Sánchez, reported yesterday that it will continue, despite his regret, with a million-dollar contract to buy ammunition from an Israeli company, after the legal services of the State advised against rescinding it, which created tension in the coalition of leftists in the government.
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