Committing to the 5% target would not only be absurd, but also counterproductive, because it would take Spain further away ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced ...

On the eve of the Alliance summit, the U.S. president insists on the 5% target, except for his country, and says ours "has ...

At an estimated 1.28% of GDP, Spain had the lowest proportion of expenditure on defense in the alliance last year, according ...

US President Donald Trump criticized Spain’s financial contributions for defense to NATO, claiming the country has “always ...

NATO struggled Friday to overcome a block from Spain on a new defence spending deal that US President Donald Trump has ...

NATO allies are pressing Spain to sign on to a stepped-up defense spending target and end a holdout that US President Donald Trump portrayed as unacceptable.

Spain is threatening to derail a Nato summit intended to appease Donald Trump by refusing to commit to the US president’s ...

The Netherlands remains hopeful that Spain will drop its opposition to a proposed increase in NATO defense spending, as all ...

Spain is right to oppose increasing NATO countries' spending goal from 2% to 5% of GDP at an upcoming summit in the Hague, ...

The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is pushing bloc members to boost their defence spending to 5% GDP by 2032, after Trump ...