[This article is an AI translation of the original Spanish version.]

Thousands of people will take to the streets to denounce the growing militarization promoted by the European Union and NATO, as part of a policy of military escalation that diverts public resources toward military spending. In Spain, the PSOE and Sumar government has announced a sudden €10 billion increase in defense spending, reinforcing what theorist Raúl Sánchez Cedillo calls a “war regime”: a dynamic that intensified since 2022 with the war between Russia and Ukraine, and which benefits the arms industry, while the political and economic elites stay the course.

The Discourse of Fear and Its Consequences

EU leaders and national governments have justified this warlike drift through media campaigns that promote fear-based security. Examples such as the videos of von der Leyen in bunkers or the promotion of “emergency kits” reinforce a narrative that normalizes increased military spending. However, this strategy not only consolidates a climate of war but also threatens cuts in social rights, as even the Prime Minister of Finland acknowledged to Pedro Sánchez.

While a large part of Spanish society suffers from rising inflation, job insecurity, and real estate speculation, rearmament not only fails to solve these problems, but actually exacerbates them by diverting funds from essential areas.

Saturday’s Mobilization: “No to Rearmament, No to War”

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The Madrid Assembly is calling for a demonstration this Saturday, June 7, at 12:00 p.m. in the capital to reject:

The warmongering rhetoric of governments, institutions, and media outlets that presents war as a solution.

The fear-mongering propaganda that attempts to legitimize military spending as “inevitable.”

Militarization as an excuse to cut healthcare, education, and fundamental rights.

The Gag Law and all repressive legislation.

Furthermore, the suspension of economic, military, and diplomatic relations with Israel and an immediate end to the Palestinian genocide are demanded.

Contradictions in the Governing Left

Although Podemos, Sumar, and Izquierda Unida have confirmed their participation in the protest, their presence has drawn criticism, as these parties are part of a government that has approved the increase in military spending. Sectors of the peace movement are demanding consistency between political discourse and executive decisions.

The mobilization comes in a key context: in the coming weeks, the NATO summit could require member countries to increase their military spending to 5% of GDP, a measure that would deepen militarization in Europe.

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