Barney Jopson

Trouble in 'paradise': The US base in Spain braced for Trump's Nato cuts My report from the beach town of Rota, where warships dock, Chevrolets cruise and the pizza slices are huge ... https://t.co/pSAcXjpaCZ

Spain welcomes Trump tariff pause as PM heads to Beijing. But it gets a warning from the US that aligning more closely with China “would be cutting your own throat”. https://t.co/fhdxBi5fxw via @ft

EU leaders are facing demands to ensure that small defence businesses benefit from the bloc’s splurge in military spending Piece in the @FT’s Europe Express from ⁦@patricianilsson⁩ & me https://t.co/PhQC3ssY8y

Portugal cautious on joining Europe’s defence spending splurge Finance minister tells me Portugal won’t let rising defence spending eat up its budget surplus — or threaten its good image in bond markets, where it’s liked more than France, Italy & Spain https://t.co/j2lffwUwnJ

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni rejects ‘childish’ choice between Trump and Europe The @FT gets Italian PM’s first interview with a foreign newspaper https://t.co/1HAxcHb1wa

Such fun to be a guest on the @FT's brilliant Unhedged podcast with Katie Martin + @rbrtrmstrng on tour in Madrid I did not expect this question: Can Pedro Sánchez come run the US? My answer ... https://t.co/TfHcuFNIfV

RT @JamieSmythF: Iberdrola chairman warns Spain not to repeat Germany's "big mistake" of shutting down its nuclear power plants, saying it…

The Spanish government wants to turn Indra into a European defence champion Next step: Indra declares it wants to buy a US-owned arms maker based in Spain and accuses the owner (General Dynamics) of ‘destroying’ it https://t.co/4aZOKtuO8d via @ft

Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez calls for cyber and climate efforts to count as defence spending "Our threat is not Russia bringing its troops across the Pyrenees" https://t.co/XEORLw2BqT via @ft

Portugal’s government on brink of collapse via @FT https://t.co/jKKroWUpxO

UK and France aim for new Ukraine peace deal after White House fracas UK PM urges more countries to join a peacekeeping effort to persuade Trump that Europe is serious. "This is not a moment for more talk. It’s a time to act." https://t.co/2gi34ajuGb via @ft

Donald Trump adds US ‘gold card’ to global cash-for-visas competition But his $5mn price tag blows past the cost of investment-linked residency permits in Europe & the Caribbean https://t.co/Imxo0UXUtV via @ft me & @joshspero @cynthiao

A hit @FT story from the weekend: Why ‘Trump regime refugees’ are falling in love with Madrid The chart shows you one of the reasons. The Spanish capital is 150th in the cost of living ranking https://t.co/dQmQu8cUGX via @ft https://t.co/T4JHujEfQi

American citizens are racing to put down roots in Madrid as Europe’s most voguish capital becomes a haven for “Trump regime refugees” escaping the US president. My story today @FT https://t.co/4BRx3YsVDd

Milton Keynes is a success story, mostly https://t.co/jAqAOoiFgG

How a UK-born executive became the Spanish government’s corporate fixer My profile of Marc Murtra, the new Telefónica boss. He’s PM Pedro Sánchez’s favourite business agitator. And, in the eyes of conservatives, an agent of political “colonialism”. https://t.co/uegZwmtcLH

Mismanaged climate disasters are fuelling support for far-right parties even as they deny humans are causing climate change. That's the warning after the Valencia floods from minister @oscar_puente_ in a @financialtimes interview https://t.co/60aR0veWMC