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Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated 5% defense spending proposal as ‘unreasonable’
Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced ...
NATO scrambles to overcome Spain block on summit spending deal
NATO struggled Friday to overcome a block from Spain on a new defence spending deal that US President Donald Trump has ...
Spain rejects Trump’s Nato spending demands ahead of summit
Spain has rejected Donald Trump’s “unreasonable” demand that Nato members increase defence spending, throwing plans for a ...
Spain asks for break on NATO contribution: Report
Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 ...
Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez rejects NATO's 5% of GDP spending plan as 'unreasonable'
Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...
Spain Opposes Plan to Raise NATO’s Spending Target to 5%
Spain will oppose NATO plans to raise the target for members’ defense spending to 5% of GDP, potentially setting up a clash ...
Sanchez puts NATO’s Trump plan at risk by opposing 5% goal
The problems piling up for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Spain are threatening to spill into next week’s NATO summit, with potentially drastic consequences for the rest of ...
Latvian president believes NATO will overcome obstacles, meet 5% goal
Latvia's president expressed confidence NATO would agree to a new higher defence spending target demanded by U.S. President ...