Spain’s refusal comes against a backdrop of growing EU-US tensions, with Trump wielding tariff threats to make NATO members fall in line. Following June’s NATO summit, he said “We’re ...

Earlier on Sunday, diplomats said NATO’s 32 member states had agreed on a summit statement setting a 5% of GDP target for annual defense and security spending by 2035, despite Spain’s objections.

In fact, the country's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, was one of the leaders who had " disagreements " with Sánchez at the NATO summit following Spain's refusal to reach 5% of Gross Domestic ...

In the Trump-brokered agreement for NATO to increase its defense spending, 'defense-related' projects take on a new ...

NATO is absolutely convinced that Spain will have to spend 3.5% to get there,” Rutte added. Sanchez’s antics threatened to derail the summit.

When I joined the House of Commons Clerk’s Department 20 years ago, there was a helpful list of formerly common phrases which ...

President Donald Trump recently secured a historic victory at the NATO summit, as all but one alliance member committed to spending 5% of GDP on defense by 2035. Trump’s goal is essential for ...

NATO on Sunday signed off on a pledge to ramp up defence spending before its upcoming summit, but Madrid insisted it would not need to hit the five per cent of GDP target.

The big news out of the June NATO Summit in the Hague was that members (except for Spain) agreed to increase defense related spending to five percent of GDP. If implemented, this would be an ...