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Spain rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defence needs that’s due to be announced next week, calling it "unreasonable." Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in a letter ...
One of Europe's longest-serving leaders, 53-year-old Sánchez has displayed adroit negotiating skills to stay in power since 2018, when he led Spain's only successful no-confidence motion against ...
The first parliamentary session in Spain since a top aide of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was implicated in a corruption scandal quickly turned chaotic, with various lawmakers calling on Sánchez ...
Corruption scandals rocking Spain’s governing Socialist Party spell trouble for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez — but they’re being celebrated by the country’s far-right Vox party. The ultranationalist ...
Ahead of a NATO summit, European nations need to take more responsibility for their own defense.
Europe’s 5% NATO defence pledge masks widespread accounting tricks, spending inefficiencies, and a growing gap between ambition and capability.
There is an apparent paradox in Europe’s new militarized posture. On the one hand, the call to boost military spending has ...
A heatwave blasted Europe on Wednesday as several countries, including France, Italy and Spain, issued heat alerts..
NATO leaders are expected to agree this week that member countries should spend 5% of their gross domestic product on defense, except the new and much vaunted investment pledge will not apply to ...
The U.S. is deeply embedded in the continent, stationing not just tens of thousands of troops in Europe, but also providing some of NATO's most expensive capabilities, like enable ...
Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence expenditure. View on euronews ...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia's president understands only the language of force and that Tuesday's ...