NATO scrambles to overcome Spain block on summit spending deal

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Is Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez detonating a ‘left-wing landmine’ at the NATO summit in The Hague? The socialist does not want to block a new NATO target of 5 percent for defense spending, but he also has no intention of carrying it out. Will his behavior act as a red rag to a bull with US President Donald Trump and will there be a fight at ‘our’ summit?

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The Netherlands thinks it will succeed in convincing Spain to increase its defense spending to 5 percent. In a few days, the 32 NATO countries will come to The Hague to reach an agreement on increasing the defense budget from 2 to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). "I assume that we will reach an agreement with Spain," said caretaker Prime Minister Schoof at a separate press conference about the NATO summit on Tuesday and Wednesday. He p…

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NATO tries to overcome Spain's blocking of deal to increase defense spending to 5% - NordotSpain is blocking a new NATO deal to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, demanded by Donald Trump. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez considers the commitment "unwise and counterproductive", which has angered other Alliance members.