US EditionNATO countries approve Hague summit statement with 5% defence spending goal, diplomats say
- Security forces conducted patrols near the World Forum venue in The Hague ahead of the NATO summit scheduled for June 22, 2025, lasting two days.
- The summit addressed the proposal to increase defense budgets to five percent of GDP, championed by U.S. President Trump, a target that Spain rejected as excessive.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez informed NATO leader Mark Rutte in correspondence that Spain intends to opt out of the new 5% GDP defense spending target, stating the country can meet its obligations by allocating 2.1% of its GDP to defense.
- Spain spent 1.28% of its GDP on defense last year and Sanchez said on national television that "5% spending would be disproportionate and unnecessary."
- The summit’s agreement respected each NATO country’s control over its defense budget, giving Spain flexibility to concentrate on achieving the existing 2% spending goal this year.
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The NATO countries sealed on Sunday, a few days from their Hague Summit, an agreement for a drastic increase in their security spending, however compromised by Spain, which ensures that it is exempted.
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