US EditionSpain Commits to Nato to Increase the Number of Military Personnel by 14,000
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The Spanish government has committed to NATO to increase the number of soldiers by 11 percent, or 14,000, within ten years, Spanish media reported today.
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US President Trump had threatened Spain with reprisals. Now the country is increasing its armed forces by 14,000 soldiers over the next ten years
Spain will increase by 14,000 its total number of military personnel by 2035, according to the commitment made by the Government to NATO. 50% of this increase, 7,000 troops, will occur in the quinquennium 2025-2029; and the rest in the quinquennium 2030-2034, completing it over a decade. Continue reading
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Since 2014, and with greater intensity after the invasion of Ukraine, the pressure to raise spending has intensified, in a context where European Union defence spending is expected to reach 613 billion euros in 2028, which would be equivalent to 3.4% of GDP. Lack of financial resourcesAs the report analyses, currently, defense spending in Spain faces considerable challenges, such as lack of financial resources, gaps in long-term planning and lim…
The Spanish Government has made a commitment to increase by 11% the total number of troops in the Armed Forces before 2035, which will mean the incorporation of 14,000 new military personnel in the next decade. Half of this reinforcement will materialize before 2029, in the framework of a planning that responds to the demands of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This forecast of increase of personnel falls within the Objective of Ca…
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