Spain → France
This score represents Spain's relationship toward France. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
2 documented factors produce the +80 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +60Continuing NATO collective-defence obligationBaseline rule · 2015
Spain and France remained bound by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty in 2015.
- +20Friendship treaty institutionalises deeper cooperationActive event · 2023
The Barcelona treaty created a durable framework for bilateral summits, defence and security coordination, economic projects and societal exchange.
2 documented factors produce the +55 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +20European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +35Friendship treaty institutionalises deeper cooperationActive event · 2023
The Barcelona treaty created a durable framework for bilateral summits, defence and security coordination, economic projects and societal exchange.
Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish an additional baseline diplomatic institution meeting a frozen threshold.
4 documented factors produce the +75 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +25European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +15Friendship treaty institutionalises deeper cooperationActive event · 2023
The Barcelona treaty created a durable framework for bilateral summits, defence and security coordination, economic projects and societal exchange.
- +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
3 documented factors produce the +70 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +20European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +30United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +20Friendship treaty institutionalises deeper cooperationActive event · 2023
The Barcelona treaty created a durable framework for bilateral summits, defence and security coordination, economic projects and societal exchange.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish another frozen territorial, coercion or settled-order rule.
2 documented factors produce the +30 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +15European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +15Friendship treaty institutionalises deeper cooperationActive event · 2023
The Barcelona treaty created a durable framework for bilateral summits, defence and security coordination, economic projects and societal exchange.
Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish a bilateral national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.
+39 in 2015 → +60 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
Spain → France and France → Spain remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Friendship treaty institutionalises deeper cooperation
The Barcelona treaty created a durable framework for bilateral summits, defence and security coordination, economic projects and societal exchange.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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