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Netherlands dispatch: Spain rejects NATO’s 5% defense spending guideline, reaffirming legal sovereignty and exposing cracks in alliance cohesion
On Wednesday, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez formally rejected the alliance’s newly agreed aspirational guideline for member states to increase defense ...
Spain and Rutte Locked in a Showdown on Eve of NATO Summit
By refusing to agree spending increases to appease US President Donald Trump, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez threatens ...
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At a tricky NATO summit, a Trumpian meltdown is averted
In the run-up to the summit, Spain emerged as the lone holdout against the spending target. Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime ...
NATO's United Front Tested As Trump Hammers Spain
Trump deemed the summit in The Hague this week a resounding success, while taking aim at Spain's refusal to commit to ...
Spain expects no repercussions from not meeting NATO 5% spending target
Spain said on Wednesday it did not expect any repercussions from its decision not to meet a defence spending target of 5% of ...
NATO leaders meet for what could be a historic summit or a divided one
The two-day summit has been overshadowed by Trump's decision to order the bombing of nuclear installations in Iran. In 2003, ...
Marco Rubio Rebrands NATO Summit In Apparent Effort To Flatter His Boss
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dubbed the NATO meeting underway in The Hague “the Trump summit,” touting President ...