[U.S. midterm elections] Spanish Prime Minister, Trump's nemesis, says the American people are against hatred

Norwegian Prime Minister: “The voices of American voters are closer to us than to Trump”

(London = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez evaluated the US midterm elections, in which the Democratic Party won a landslide victory, as a result of the American people's vote expressing their opposition to hatred.

Prime Minister Sánchez claimed on the 4th (local time) on

Prime Minister Sánchez also wrote, “This happened in Brazil, it just happened in the United States,” and “It will soon happen in Spain as well.”

Prime Minister Sánchez, who leads the center-left Socialist Labor Party government, will hold a general election on the 29th with his approval rating falling behind the conservative opposition. Previously, when Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dasiouba succeeded in his fourth term, Prime Minister Sánchez emphasized the victory of the left wing and linked it to the Spanish political camp.

Prime Minister Sánchez has been at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump on several international issues, including the war in Gaza, the war in Iran, and the increase in defense spending for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). President Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Spain several times, saying it is not raising its defense spending sufficiently.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stere said to Reuters, "This is a strong political signal of a change of course among American voters. Now, a voice closer to us than President (Trump) and his administration is emerging in American politics on climate and environment, foreign policy, and development aid policy."

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire-turned-populist politician nicknamed 'Trump of Prague', predicted, "By the end of President Trump's term, there may be impeachment, veto, and a kind of paralysis, but on the other hand, President Trump will still continue to do as he wants."

“I hope he will finally return to his promises to end the war in Ukraine and resolve the Strait of Hormuz issue,” Babiš added.

Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament's trade committee, said, "This is a huge blow to Trump and his policies and a significant victory for American democracy. Voters have said, 'Trump only cares about Trump.'"