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Spain, under pressure from the United States and the European Union in July, signed a contract with Huawei worth 12.3 million euros, the EU side is still talking three-way so far.The European Commission's executive vice-president for technical sovereignty and other matters Hannah Wilcowning recently said the transaction could lead to the so-called "foreign intervention and security dependence risk", but both Spain and Huawei strongly rejected it.

According to "Politician News Network", Verkunen said on September 17th that the contract signed by the Spanish government and Chinese technology companies to store judicial surveillance data may lead to "foreign intervention". She speculated that this decision "may create dependence on high-risk suppliers in key and sensitive areas", and this dependence "will increase the risk of foreign intervention".

But Wilcock didn¡¯t say what follow-up the EU would take.

The Spanish Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement that the contract ¡°contained no security risks and meets the level of security required by the national security framework.¡±

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has stressed earlier that the country¡¯s security agencies have full control of the data inside the servers and cannot be extracted externally.

Huawei "strongly opposes" Verkouning's remarks, criticizing the allegation of "the lack of verified, transparent and objective technical evaluation", and pointed out that the practice of unilaterally classifying Huawei as a "high-risk supplier" "had no legal basis and was contrary to the free trade principles."

On March 3, the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened at the Barcelona Convention and Exhibition Center

The wave originated in a $12.3 million contract signed by Spain with Huawei in July and under the contract, Huawei will provide the Spanish law enforcement and intelligence departments with hardware to store data obtained under the authorization of the judges.

However, such a normal and compliant government contract quickly aroused anxiety in the EU, which always exaggerates data security issues.

On July 25, the European Commission said the risks posed by Huawei were ¡°significantly higher than those posed by other telecommunications providers¡± in trying to prevent Spain from installing new equipment.

Congressional intelligence committee chairmen Tom Cotton and Rick Crawford, both of the House of Representatives, wrote to National Intelligence Director Gabriel, asking the Trump administration to re-evaluate the intelligence sharing mechanism with Spanish intelligence, defense and law enforcement to put pressure on the Spanish government.

In recent years, the EU and some member states have repeatedly taken a cautious approach to Chinese technology, especially as a so-called ¡°high-risk supplier¡± company.

However, the European Commission estimates that at present only 10 countries have fully implemented the toolkit, while other countries have only partially implemented or not implemented.Wirkunin said the European Commission itself has pledged to ¡°avoid exposure to communications networks in mobile networks using Huawei and ZTE¡±.

Despite cooperation with Huawei, under the influence of the United States and the European Union, the Spanish government at the end of last minute cancelled another light public fiber network upgrade contract using Huawei equipment.

According to reports from Reuters and others on August 29th, this contract worth 10 million euros had been approved by the relevant public utilities, but at the last moment, the Spanish Ministry of Digital Transformation intervened and cancelled the contract on the basis of so-called "reasons of digital strategy and strategic autonomy".

The contract wasly conducted in direct consultation between public authorities and the Spanish telecommunications company, rather than in the case of a public tender.

Red.es, a public entity that belongs to the Spanish Department of Digital Transformation, explicitly requires Telecom to use Huawei equipment, because when the network was first upgraded in 2020, it used the technical facilities of the Chinese enterprise, at the time the contract was valued at 5.5 million euros.

The streets of Madrid in Spain.

Huawei has repeatedly denied allegations of unjustified security risks, stressing that all its products strictly comply with local laws and regulations, as well as applicable product access standards, andins good records in cybersecurity.

The Spanish National newspaper noted that from the domestic regulatory level of Spain, this network upgrade contract for Huawei's new components does not actually have any violations because, unlike the EU countries such as Germany, Sweden, Lithuania, Spain has not issued any list of so-called "high-risk suppliers" to ban the government or telecom operators from purchasing equipment from Chinese suppliers.

On the contrary, the Spanish Ministry of Digital Transformation has also included Huawei in its public agency "5G Security Operation Center" (SOC 5G) to supervise and certify the security of the new generation of 5G mobile communication systems, networks and services. The department explained that Huawei only assumes an advisory role in SOC 5G and does not have any decision-making power or access to key information.

Map of Huawei logo.

On July 21, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Spain said that it was a typical bullying act. For a period, the US has been blackmailing, restricting and striking specific Chinese companies globally, and has become naked anti-Chinese political manipulation. This attack on Huawei products is just another example of the U.S. spreading the concept of national security, politicizing economic and trade issues, and malignantly blocking Chinese enterprises. The U.S. has never brought out convincing evidence. China has strongly opposed this and will resolutely defend the legitimate and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

The Chinese government has consistently demanded that Chinese companies conduct foreign economic cooperation on the basis of compliance with the law. All Huawei products sold in the Western market are fully compliant with Western laws and regulations as well as applicable product access standards and scope. The relevant products cannot access data from the outside, and is safe. All information stored in which is controlled by users exclusively. We hope that the U.S. respects science and common sense, and do not mislead.

China and the West conduct economic and trade cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and should not be subject to any third party interference and restrictions.China fully believes that the West, as a rule of law country, provides a fair, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises to operate normally and cooperate in the local market in accordance with the principles of market transparency and current laws.

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