- What is the National Security Council
- Composition of the National Security Council
- Approved measures to strengthen resilience to crises
- Relevant absences from the Council meeting
- Contradiction in the approval of measures without military representation
What is the National Security Council
He National Security Council is the Delegated Commission of the Government for National security and the organization responsible for attending the president of government in directing national security policy and the national security system, as well as performing other functions assigned to it by the National Security Law.
Composition of the National Security Council
This law and a royal decree determine who participates in the National Security Council: the president of governmentthe vice-presidents, the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Presidency, DefenseInterior, Transport, Industry, Economy, Health… as well as the Director of Cabinet of the Presidency of Government, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for Security, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, the director of the National Intelligence Center and the director of the Department of National Security.
At the table of this meeting chaired by Pedro Sanchez they sat down María Jesus Montero, Yolanda Díaz, José Manuel AlbaresFélix Bolaños, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Óscar Puente, Jordi Hereu, Óscar López, Carlos Cuerpo, Mónica García, the director of the CNI (Hope Casteleiro), the director of the presidential office (Diego Rubio), the director of the Department of Homeland Security (Brigadier General Loreto Gutiérrez Hurtado)…
Approved measures to strengthen resilience to crises
The National Security Council approved “Roadmap for building resilience deal with crises in the context of National security system”, document prepared by the Situation Committee, a body supporting the council which met a few days ago under the presidency of Bolaños.
The President of the Government, @sanchezcastejonchaired the meeting of the National Security Council.
At this meeting, the roadmap for strengthening crisis resilience within the framework of the national security system, among others, was approved. pic.twitter.com/KTVQ2auL6K
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The council also discussed the initiatives of the National Cybersecurity Councilwithin the National plan on this subject, among others.
Relevant absences from the Council meeting
Among the photos released by the Presidency of the Government and also by the Ministry of the Interior, some attract attention absences. The presidency note mentions as present Diane Morantbut the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities is not visible in the images.
THE third vice president and minister of Ecological transition. Sarah Aagesen He was in Brussels this Tuesday to attend the Council of the European Union which brought together environment ministers.
Particular attention is drawn to absences from the Ministry of Defense. Even the minister was not present there. Marguerite Robles nor JEMAD. Both traveled to southern Lebanon to visit Spanish soldiers deployed as part of the UN mission. UN.
Contradiction in the approval of measures without military representation
It is curious that the National Security Council approved measures aimed at strengthening the resilience in the face of crises without representatives of Armed Forceswhile the army is one of the main resources deployed by the government in the event of a crisis.
This is what he did in the corona virus pandemicTHE eruption of the La Palma volcanoTHE blizzard ‘Filomena’the avalanche of illegal immigrants at the Ceuta border in May 2021, the DANA from Valenciaand the most recent case, the power grid failure on April 28.
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