Ignacio Molina, senior fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute, a think tank in Madrid, said Spain's geographic distance from ...

Spain has officially dropped its plan to buy F-35 fighter jets, according to a report by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. These ...

By all accounts, the 2025 NATO Summit, held from June 24–26 in The Hague and hosted by the Netherlands, was a huge success. President Donald Trump’s pressure on NATO allies to spend more on defense, ...

Spain had allocated $7.24 billion in its 2023 defense budget for purchasing advanced fighter aircraft, and it was believed ...

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

Despite the need to modernize, Spain shelves F-35 plans, leaving its Navy without a STOVL replacement. The purchase of F-35 ...

Spain was NATO’s lowest spender last year, according to the alliance’s estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.

Spain has decided to put its plans to purchase American-made F-35 stealth fighter jets on hold, according to a report by El ...

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.

President Donald Trump recently secured a historic victory at the NATO summit, as all but one alliance member committed to ...

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after the plenary session at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.