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Spain's Senate has voted down the Treaty of Friendship with France, a rebuff that came as President Emmanuel Macron was visiting Madrid. The rejection undermines a diplomatic gesture meant to strengthen bilateral ties, and it is drawing attention in Spanish media as an awkward moment for the French president and for the Spanish government hosting him.
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Emmanuel Macron travelled to Madrid for a visit to Spain, but the trip was overshadowed by a parliamentary setback: the Spanish Senate voted down ratification of the friendship treaty between Spain and France. The rejection, timed during the French president's stay, is an embarrassment for both governments, which had promoted the agreement as a symbol of close bilateral ties.