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 ...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in a letter to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, said Spain 'cannot commit to a specific spending target in terms of GDP' at next week’s NATO summit in The Hague.

MADRID (AP) — Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s due to be announced next week, calling it “unreasonable.” Prime Minister ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense needs that’s due to be announced next week, calling it unreasonable.In a letter ...

NATO countries meet next week for the first alliance summit since Donald Trump's return to the White House. The U.S. president wants members to spend 5 percent of their GDP on defense, a big jump from ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week.

Rutte had been due to table a new proposal on Friday aimed at satisfying Spain and trying to break the deadlock. European allies and Canada want to end the standoff before the leaders meet with ...