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Spain’s Sanchez fails with Trump and flails at home
Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, failed to use Donald Trump and NATO as a tool to distract from his growing domestic ...
Spain’s leader sticks by decision to break with NATO spending goal despite Trump tariff threats
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is sticking by his decision to break with NATO allies this week from spending more on ...
NATO agrees to higher defence spending goal, Spain says it is opting out
By Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold, Lili Bayer and Ana Cantero BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) -NATO members agreed on Sunday to a big ...
Spain expects no repercussions from not meeting NATO 5% spending target
Spain said on Wednesday it did not expect any repercussions from its decision not to meet a defence spending target of 5% of ...
Trump hails pledges by NATO allies to boost military spending, criticizes Spain
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NATO’s Trump Manipulation Campaign
President Donald Trump was the dominant figure at the latest NATO summit. But the president was easy to manipulate. Basking in the praise of his European supplicants, Trump declar ...
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Netherlands dispatch: Spain rejects NATO’s 5% defense spending guideline, reaffirming legal sovereignty and exposing cracks in alliance cohesion
On Wednesday, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez formally rejected the alliance’s newly ...
Trump: I’ll make Spain pay for Nato spending snub
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would make Spain “pay twice as much” in trade tariffs after it refused to honour a ...
The success of a key NATO summit is in doubt after Spain rejects a big hike in defense spending
BRUSSELS — The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the ...
NATO countries agree to spend 5% of GDP on defense: Which countries led in 2024?
The NATO alliance agreed to a new defense spending target of 5% GDP by 2035, after a record number of members met the prior 2 ...
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All NATO States Agree to Spend 5 Percent of GDP on Defense, But Not Spain
In a joint announcement, NATO members agreed to meet the five percent commitment by 2035, with 3.5 percent of their ...
Spain’s leader sticks by decision to break with NATO on spending despite Trump tariff threats
President Trump criticized Spain, saying the country wanted “a little bit of a free ride,” and that it would “have to pay it ...