News
The Success of a Key NATO Summit Is in Doubt After Spain Rejects a Big Hike in Defense Spending
The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Spain threatens to derail Nato summit over Trump defence target
Spain is threatening to derail a Nato summit intended to appease Donald Trump by refusing to commit to the US president’s request for allies to increase their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP. In a forthright letter on Thursday,
Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced ...
NATO struggled Friday to overcome a block from Spain on a new defence spending deal that US President Donald Trump has ...
Spain has rejected Donald Trump’s “unreasonable” demand that Nato members increase defence spending, throwing plans for a ...
Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 ...
Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...
The scandal engulfing Sánchez’s government is being used not only to settle internal disputes within the political ...
Spain will oppose NATO plans to raise the target for members’ defense spending to 5% of GDP, potentially setting up a clash ...
Spain on Thursday asked to opt out of the plan to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback