NATO members agreed on Sunday to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump, but Spain said it did not need to comply ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is sticking by his decision to break with NATO allies this week from spending more on defense ...

BRUSSELS/MADRID – Nato members agreed on June 22 to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), as demanded by US President Donald Trump, ...

Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) ahead of next week’s summit at The ...

MADRID, June 20 (Reuters) - Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Friday her country is totally committed to NATO, a day after Madrid asked the alliance to be exempted from the proposed ...

No NATO member has so far reached the 5% spending objective, and some are highly likely to drag their feet when it comes to getting to that milestone now. Spain has already pushed against the spending ...

There were unexpected moments of levity among the momentous decisions on raising spending to levels not seen since the Cold ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called it “unreasonable” in ...

It risks angering Donald Trump who has long called for allies to spend more and previously described the nation as a "very low payer".

THE HAGUE — President Donald Trump lashed out at Spain on Wednesday, saying it would have to pay “twice as much” in tariffs after Madrid refused to meet NATO’s 5 percent spending target.

President Donald Trump was the dominant figure at the latest NATO summit. But the president was easy to manipulate. Basking in the praise of his European supplicants, Trump declared that “this was a ...

A POLITICO analysis reveals telling gaps between the big spenders near Eastern Europe and those further from Russia, who are still creeping toward a decade-old target.