Of the 5% of GDP members are expected to earmark for defence in 2035, 3.5% will be dedicated to core military spending, with a further 1.5% dedicated to security-related areas ...

NATO members agreed to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, as demanded by ...

Spain said on Wednesday it did not expect any repercussions from its decision not to meet a defence spending target of 5% of gross domestic product that NATO member states are expected to set at a ...

As Nato leaders meet to agree big increases in targets for defence spending, some of them haven't yet met the existing ones.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote in a letter that “committing to a five per cent target would not only be unreasonable, but also counterproductive." ...

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

The groundwork for Pedro Sánchez’s rise to the top of leftwing EU politics was laid with his 6ft 3in frame hunched into a ...

President Trump on Wednesday laid into Spain for expressing reservations about an increase in NATO defense spending, drawing his ire during his press conference at the alliance’s summit on Wednesday.

Trump deemed the summit in The Hague this week a resounding success, while taking aim at Spain's refusal to commit to ...

Spain has become the first North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to protest against the Western military bloc's demanding ...

Spain 's government is preparing to block an agreement among NATO countries to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP just days out from a major summit, Spanish media has reported.

Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated defense spending increase as 'unreasonable' Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of GDP on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week ...