Spain has asked to opt out of NATO's plan to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, a move ...

BRUSSELS -- The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the ...

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

Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 ...

Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Friday her country is totally committed to NATO, a day after Madrid asked ...

NATO allies are pressing Spain to sign on to a stepped-up defense spending target and end a holdout that US President Donald ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of GDP on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week, calling it “unreasonable.” ...

Committing to the 5% target would not only be absurd, but also counterproductive, because it would take Spain further away ...

MADRID — 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 Pedro ...

NATO struggled Friday to overcome a block from Spain on a new defence spending deal that US President Donald Trump has ...