US EditionSpain Rejects NATO’s Anticipated 5% Defense Spending Proposal as 'Unreasonable'
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez rejected NATO's proposal to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP ahead of the June 24-25 summit in The Hague.
- This refusal followed Sánchez's letter requesting a more flexible defense spending formula, citing Spain's high debt and coalition political fragility.
- Spain currently spends under 2% of GDP on defense, plans to raise it by 10.5 billion euros to meet NATO's original 2% target, while other allies endorse higher goals.
- A senior European official said, "It doesn't look good, indeed, but we are not over yet," reflecting uncertainty about the summit's consensus.
- Sánchez's stance and internal challenges may isolate Spain among NATO members and complicate unified defense spending commitments going forward.
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The Spanish government refuses to sign for the higher NATO standard of 5 percent for the time being. That is a damper for the NATO summit next week, when all countries have to agree. Phone calls with Madrid and extra consultations in Brussels should now prevent a failure of the summit. The Netherlands is also helping with that lobby. ‘We are trying to help’.
Spain rejects NATO's five percent target. Sánchez sees this as an unreasonable commitment. The government does not want to be defined.
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Spain rejects NATO’s defence spending plan
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