 Aznar akawanawo mavhoti akawanda musarudzo dza2000 nguva ino achiwana ruzhinji rwevamiriri 183 pa 350 muCongress. Upfumi hwakaramba huchikura uye kushaya basa pakupedzisira kwakatanga kuderera munguva yake yechipiri. Mune zvematongerwe enyika, Spain yakatora nzira yeNeoconservative uye yakakura hukama hwepedyo neUnited States nehutongi hwaBush, mushure mekurwiswa kwaSeptember 11. Aznar akatsigira kupindirwa kweAfghanistan neIraq kwaitungamirirwa neAmerica. Muna 2002, akatarisana nekushoropodzwa kwakakomba kwekuita kwehurumende panguva yekudonha kwemafuta ePrestigemuGalicia. Rutsigiro rwePP rwakawedzera kuderera mushure mekupinda muIraq, iyo isina kutsigirwa nehuwandu hwevanhu veSpain, asi zvakadaro yakaitwa nerutsigiro rweSpain kuUS neUK. Ongororo yakaitwa muna 2003 neCIS yakawana kuti 91 yevaSpanish vaipikisa kupindirwa kweIraq. 