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NATO Contradicts Sánchez, Denies "Exclusion Clause for Spain"

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The Corner NATO does not believe Spain can fulfill its military capabilities by investing only 2.1% of its GDP in Defense. Secretary General Mark Rutte made this clear yesterday, stating that the country will have to spend 3.5%. The Alliance is “absolutely convinced” of this, he specifically pointed out, thus contradicting what Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had claimed just hours earlier. To ensure that the Executive fulfills its responsibilities…

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The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, arrived this Tuesday in The Hague practically alone.Accompanied by the foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, one of his most faithful, and the defense minister, Margarita Robles, at a summit where he surely had not calculated that he would become one of the main protagonists, but not in the best sense.The president of the United States, Donald Trump, passed the Atlantic crossing to the Dutch capit…

·Spain
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In discussion the strictly military expenses to reach in total 5% of the GDP. The Spanish premier speaks of constructive ambiguity and shows a letter of Rutte on flexibility to achieve the goals. For the Spanish opposition is a liar

·Milan, Italy
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The Secretary General of NATO grants "flexibility" to Sánchez to decide what percentage of GDP he dedicates to the military objectives demanded by the Atlantic Alliance while denying a "parallel agreement" and considers that Spain will have to reach 3.5%, compared to the 2.1% announced by Sánchez, whom the pact serves to support the conclusions of the summit in The Hague without committing itself to an indefensible increase before his electorate…

·Spain
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The Secretary General of the Alliance maintains that the figure announced by the president will not be enough to meet the assigned capacities and that there is no "exception clause" or "parallel agreements" Read

·Madrid, Spain
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After Luxembourg, there is now a special way of spending on defence in Spain. Why Prime Minister Sanchez is not telling the truth.

·Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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Pedro Sánchez’s opposition to the rise in military spending at the NATO summit has an internal reading that allows the government to send a message of determination by prioritizing the welfare state and uniting its partners in the midst of the ‘Credan case’, but the effects on foreign policy are still to be determined. After the general secretary of the Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, contradicts Sanchez to ensure that it will not be enough to li…

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periodistadigital.com broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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