MADRID (Sputnik) — She said that current EU policy was wrong, as lobbyists' economic interests defined it.
"The European Union needs to ensure that the human rights and diplomacy are prevailing in its international policy. Diplomacy has to prevail over sanctions," Sol Sanchez told RIA Novosti in an interview.
This week, the European Union Representatives Committee (COREPER) agreed to prolong anti-Russia sanctions for six months until January 2017. However, EU Council still has to make a formal decision on the matter.
Unidos Podemos is a coalition formed by the Podemos party and United Left (IU).
Spain is set to hold early elections on June 26. According to recent opinion polls, the Spanish conservative People's Party (PP) is likely to win the elections.
