Iran Press/ Europe: Demonstrators, organized by the popular assembly, made up of independent organizations and associations, gathered in front of the Puerta de Atocha railway station and marched in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' direction.
"Spain should not give in to NATO pressure anymore" because contributing to the conflict "is already harming various sectors with very serious effects," according to Lorena Cabrera, representative of Anti-Capitalist Associations, and several leaders of the organizations.
"We want peace for Ukraine and all countries," said Luis Arevalo, a protester from Madrid.
Italians protest against NATO warmongering policies
"We also reject Europe's growing involvement in Ukraine's military struggle, because they do so under the interests of the United States," he added.
According to the barometer of the Elcano Royal Institute presented on Friday, 48 percent of Spaniards favor intervention, compared to 52 percent against it.
"The European Union (EU) should not join the confrontational strategies that are being promoted today from Washington in order to preserve its hegemony," said Xulio Rios, director of the Spanish Observatory of China Policy.
"Its commitment must be the democratization of international relations and not segmentation with increasingly warmongering overtones. (There should be) more social welfare and less military spending," said Rios.
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