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Success of key NATO summit in doubt after Spain rejects big hike in defense spending
BRUSSELS -- The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the ...
Jurist1d
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 ...
The Economist3d
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 ...
How Donald Trump Overshadowed NATO's Big Event
NATO allies on Wednesday rubber-stamped a commitment to spend 5 percent of GPD on defense and related investment by 2035.
NATO leaders agree to hike military spending and restate ‘ironclad commitment’ to collective defense
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending Wednesday after pressure from U.S.
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 ...
The Press Democrat3d
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, ...