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BRUSSELS -- The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the ...
Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced ...
Spain has asked to opt out of NATO's plan to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, a move ...
Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 ...
Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Friday her country is totally committed to NATO, a day after Madrid asked ...
NATO allies are pressing Spain to sign on to a stepped-up defense spending target and end a holdout that US President Donald ...
Committing to the 5% target would not only be absurd, but also counterproductive, because it would take Spain further away ...
MADRID — Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s due to be announced next week, calling it “unreasonable.” Prime Minister Pedro ...
NATO struggled Friday to overcome a block from Spain on a new defence spending deal that US President Donald Trump has ...
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 defence investment pledge demanded by U.S ...
Spain's government is preparing to block an agreement among NATO countries to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP just days out from a major summit, Spanish media has reported. NATO Secretary ...