Spain’s top diplomat dismissed a suggestion that the nation’s failure to commit to a revised NATO spending target was the ...

Earlier on Sunday, diplomats said NATO’s 32 member states had agreed on a summit statement setting a 5% of GDP target for annual defense and security spending by 2035, despite Spain’s objections.

But for Spain, which currently spends just under 1.3% of GDP on defence (the lowest in the NATO alliance), the leap to 5% is not only financially untenable, but also politically toxic.

Spain has indefinitely shelved its plans to buy the US-made F-35 fighter jets, dealing a blow to Lockheed Martin and ...

Spain’s leader sticks by decision to break with NATO on spending despite Trump tariff threats By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JOSEPH WILSON The Associated Press, Updated June 26, 2025, 1:42 p.m.

Spain was NATO’s lowest spender last year, according to the alliance’s estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.

Spain was NATO's lowest spender last year, according to the alliance's estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.

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.

Spain was NATO's lowest spender last year, according to the alliance's estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.

Still, NATO's latest numbers show that eight members, including Canada, Italy, and Spain, have not met the 2 percent spending goal. Yet we are supposed to believe they'll hit 5 percent defense ...

Only five of NATO's 28 member countries last year met the alliance goal of spending at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. A breakdown, based on 2016 figures ...

In the Trump-brokered agreement for NATO to increase its defense spending, 'defense-related' projects take on a new ...