“S PAIN is very low,” Donald Trump said last month, referring to the country’s defence spending. For once, he was correct ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is scheduled to meet the leaders of nine parties on Thursday as he tries to muster political support to boost the country’s defense spending and meet NATO targets.

Spain's leftist government, proportionally NATO's smallest spender on defence, faces political and popular resistance as it ...

European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members ...

Sumar, the PSOE’s junior coalition partner, known for offering mild criticisms of government decisions for not being “left” ...

Europe is staring down the barrel of a stark new reality where the United States being the backbone of NATO – the alliance ...

In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his country would raise defense spending to reach NATO’s target faster than previously committed. But he did not specify when the eurozone’s fourth ...

European Union leaders downplayed scepticism from US President Donald Trump about solidarity among Nato members a day after ...

While its founding membership was smaller, NATO expanded over time, particularly after the return to democracy in countries like Spain and Portugal in the 1970s and the collapse of the USSR ...

the UK (78,800), Spain (70,200) and Germany (60,650), according to the IISS report. In contrast, there were about 80,000 US troops assigned or deployed to bases in NATO countries as of June 2024 ...