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NATO wants allies to spend 5% of GDP on defense: This chart shows how hard it could be
NATO allies have reportedly agreed to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. One chart ...
Marietta Times5h
NATO leaders are set to sign a historic defense spending pledge
The head of the NATO military alliance warned Monday that no country could have an opt-out from a massive new hike in defense ...
NATO leaders are set to agree on a historic defense spending pledge, but the hike won’t apply to all
The head of the NATO military alliance warned Monday that no country could have an opt-out from a massive new hike in defense ...
El Mundo on MSN1d
Sánchez's agreement with Rutte for Spain to have its own military spending path threatens NATO unity: "Unfair to other countries"
The pact, which according to the Prime Minister allows Spain to only spend 2.1% on Defense, opens the door for nations like ...
Spain reaches deal with NATO ahead of summit to be excluded from 5% defense spending goal
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that Spain reached a deal with NATO to be excluded from a 5% of GDP defense spending target ...
Jacobin2dOpinion
Spain Is Right to Reject Increased Military Spending
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has broken ranks with other NATO leaders as he refused to commit to spending 5 percent ...
The Corner4d
Sánchez Regains Partners’ Support by Confronting Trump and Refusing to Raise Defense Spending to 5%… by 2035
Who knows where Pedro Sánchez might be in 2035? In La Moncloa (the Prime Minister's official residence)? In Europe? In jail, given the way things are going in ...
Sanchez Puts NATO’s Trump Plan at Risk by Opposing 5% Goal
The problems piling up for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Spain are threatening to spill into next week’s NATO summit, with ...
Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez rejects NATO's 5% of GDP spending plan as 'unreasonable'
Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...
The Financial Times1mon
Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez says blackout will not change his renewables bet
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has insisted he will not deviate “a single millimetre” from his ...
Reuters1mon
Spain's grid denies dependence on solar power to blame for blackout
He called for an independent investigation to be conducted by Spain's parliament rather than the government probe Sanchez has announced. REE itself warned in May 2024 of the risks of a major outage.
Euronews3mon
Sanchez backs EU plan to increase military spending, says it will reindustrialise Spanish economy
"Spain must take advantage of this opportunity to improve its productive fabric in areas such as satellite communications," Sanchez said. "We have all the ingredients to be at the forefront ...