Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 percent of ...

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez warns the spending hike would undermine EU efforts to build its own security and defence base.

Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...

SPAIN has rejected a Nato proposal to spend 5 per cent of GDP on the military that’s due to be announced next week, calling it “unreasonable.” ...

Sanchez requested a “more flexible formula” that either makes the spending target optional or excludes Spain from its application ...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in a letter to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, said Spain 'cannot commit to a specific ...

Spanish PM Sánchez has told Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte that the proposed increase in the alliance’s defence spending ...

Spain has requested to opt out of NATO's proposed plan to increase member states' defense spending to 5% of their gross ...

Tensions arose at the G7 and NATO summits as Trump departed early due to disagreements with Macron and disinterest in meeting ...

Capabilities are paid for with euros, not GDP percentages,” Pedro Sánchez wrote in a letter to NATO chief Mark Rutte.

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5 per cent of gross domestic product on defence needs that's due to be announced next week, calling it “unreasonable.”      Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in ...

Spain has asked to opt out of NATO's plan to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, a move ...