Defensive conversion is a defense of liberty

Some uncertainties highlighted by the volatility of Trump’s policies and the strategic presence of China and Russia. At play is our model of society, our constitutional democracy, created in the Middle Ages during the transition.

Europe and with it Spain face complex, hybrid and persistent problems that affect not only territorial integrity, but also to its economic, technological and social stability.

As Camus said, “true generosity in the future consists in its full acceptance in the present.” Today we must demonstrate our strength, our convictions and our actions to defend what we define: democracy, freedom, the right state.

Defense is not wealth or an ideological option. It is a necessity. I agree with everything Defense Secretary Margarita Robles has expressed several times in this regard.

You are ready to declare it, as he says, “sin complexos”. Why you have a reason: “Gasto en Defense is a condition of freedom and coexistence.

Protection from the front of the force

Churchill was also certain when he declared that “liberty is never more than a generation from its demise”.

This distance is now quite short. Conflicts multiply. The pleasant ones grow. Authoritarian regimes advance. Autocracy is a silent infection that attacks our social fabric.

Democracy requires protection from force. There is no freedom without the ability to defend it.

For this reason, the increase in gasto en Defense it does not respond to the logic of armaments, but rather to strategic necessity and ultimately to an ethical imperative.

Pedro J. Ramírez, Executive President and Director of EL ESPAÑOL

We live in a time of disturbing change. The security architecture we built in 1945 is unstable.

The turning point was the invasion of Ukraine. I showed what many didn’t want to see: that power still matters. That rights are protected, not inherited.

Spain occupies a privileged position in Europe. We are members of the European Union. We are my OTAN members. This double limb is the culmination of vital aspiration. He also has an important responsibility.

NATO guaranteed peace on the continent. Asumirlo no requiere un acto de fe. It is a verifiable algorithm. Three years and two democratic nations, three years of Europeans, we have progressed under a shared security measure. This mechanism, imperfect, worked.

Now it has to evolve. Europe must strengthen itself, strengthen the Atlantic connection as much as possible, but also fall away because of its strategic autonomy.

The EU must transform itself into a relevant power in the global scenario and therefore must build on industrial and technological capacities.

Defense industry

Spain cannot be a spectator in this transit. We have to be a responsible, demanding and compromising actor. And I need a defense industry decision.

And I insist on doing it “sin complecos”. Because like Margarita Robles subraya, “Defense against reversal is not militarism, it is reversal of security in the workforce and – in many cases – in dual-use industries”.

The numbers are written here. And the numbers are telling.

In 2025, the European Union achieved a defense ratio 11% higher than in 2024 and 63% higher than in 2020. This trend is expected to remain for at least a decade with the 5% of GDP target set by Trump and consumed at the end of OTAN.

The goal is 2035 and this must give confidence to citizens and security to investors.

In Spain you cannot return to this track even if you started from the bottom of the peloton. At the moment, it provided a jump compromise to a gain of 2% of GDP. It is a significant but insufficient leap.

As the representative of liberal thought Michael Ignatieff explained in our periodical: “If Spain is no longer on the defensive, the rest of the world may think that it does not want to participate in the construction of a new order.”

That is why we must insist on it The defense industry is not a parasitic industry. It was not only the instrumental sector.

It is a strategic sector that generates knowledge, employment, innovation. Every euro invested in defense creates multiplier effects in technologyin research, in industrial capabilities.

And Spain has companies with a brand of excellence in this area. We know how to make holes. We know how to make weapons systems. We know how to manufacture defense electronics on a global scale. This is not propaganda. They are verifiable.

Excellent company

Indra monitors the airspace with its radars exported to several countries, brings advanced electronics to the Eurofighter, focuses on electronic warfare systems and combat digitization or air defense and anti-drone solutions.

Navantia build rigs that are finished with any European stiller. Airbus Defense and Space designs surveillance satellites, assembles the Eurofighter and manufactures combat, transport or transfer aircraft. It brings revolutionary technologies in photography, secure tactical communication, advanced simulation, intelligent vision or financial encryption.

Spain has many bonita business leaders in this area. Here it is Angel Escribano which within a single year triggered the grand entry of Indra as the locomotive of the sector. Here it is Louis Furnells Artist of this sophisticated and beautiful object of desire called Oesia.

These companies require stability. We need to create a chain of ministers who support us. We need to stabilize the talent that works in our labs.

“We cannot build a credible defense capability against volatile threats”

And we count above all on commitment, on a proven spirit of sacrifice, on competence accredited in many international missions, on love for the country, yes, on loyalty to the constitutional unity of the nation, yes, to our armed forces. For this reason, they are the most valued institution among all probes.

But it is clear that we cannot build a credible defense capacity with unstable assumptions. With inversions that can break the project in half.

Great state package

National defense specifies a large state compact because the military industry requires foresight. Prognosis means growing assumptions. It means permanent compromise. It means political support for national and transnational mergers. For creating partnerships with other large European companies.

That means, en suma, take National Defense as part of our ADN and embrace it as a mission in Largo Plaza.

All this suggests that this has started to happen, as the Industrial and Technological Security and Defense Plan will mobilize €10,400 million through 31 special modernization programs and 79 projects that will contribute to strengthening OTAN’s capabilities.

Adamas, Private capital has also moved in with fund initiatives like those backed by Nazca Capital. Mañana (martes) we will listen with interest to your president Carlos Carbo connected to the rest of our western vein.

The EL ESPAÑOL Defense Observatory will closely monitor the implementation and development of each of these projects, day by day, in terms of intervention in the economy, sports or culture.

Porque España is still short on gas in defence.

Our closest friends surpass our strength through growth. Not on a whim. Out of necessity.

Is it a priority? Yes. Is it in a hurry? Yes.

When Europe was at peace, when the international order seemed immutable, we could afford the joy of ambiguity. hi no Today, riesgos are manifed.

The hybrid moment, the gray zone between peace and war, is the present of Eastern Europe. Not only in Ukraine, but mainly in Ukraine. EL ESPAÑOL has a correspondent in Kramatorsk, Maria Senovilla. He was a victim of a drone attack for a week and has to check his house next door every time he goes on a trip. Here is one of our queues.

Cyber ​​attacks are also an everyday reality that requires no attention or admiration. Disinformation is a weapon of political destruction spreading across the continent.

The increase in military gas means the purchase of high-end equipment, preferably with European technology. It means learning our strengths. It means maintaining the ability to deter. It means deciding unequivocally that we will defend our territory as well as those who may come to our side.

That’s not bellicose. It’s realism.

Responsibility and dedication

Raising the gas in defense is an act of responsibility for future generations.

This is what today’s kids say: “You also live in freedom. Vosotros also tendréis derechos. We sail through it“.

Spain has the industrial, technological and intellectual capacity to be a major defense power in Europe. But you need recursion for that. A political decision is needed. A compromise of its citizens is necessary.

Is there also a certain sacrifice? Quiz. But all the brave require sacrifice.

We live in a Europe that has to learn to defend itself again.

It is not Europe that wants war. It is Europe we want to avoid. But to prevent this, you need to prepare for it.

Spain has an opportunity. Responsibility. You are one of those defenders. You are one of those countries that say, “Democracy is respected here. International law is respected here. Here we are ready to defend him“.

This requires conversion. I demand a compromise. It requires us to look at the future without illusions and with determination.

As Hemingway wrote, “the world is silent, but some materials are stronger where they break.” Europe has seen several times. Today I risk going back to sleep. But you have the opportunity to do more hard.

Spain can be part of this force.

That is our duty.

We all want to feel it as our own.

Thanks a lot.