The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge demanded by U.S.

NATO members agreed to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, as demanded by ...

NATO summit addresses defense spending as Trump pushes European allies for 5% GDP commitment, while Iran nuclear concerns and Ukraine's membership aspirations complicate alliance unity.

The Nato summit at the end of June left Donald Trump happy. The US president hailed the ”tremendous” agreement by the ...

Nato summit shambles? US and Spain 'opt out' of new spending target Donald Trump has been demanding member states ramp up defence expenditure to 3.5 per cent of GDP, with an extra 1.5 per cent on ...

In a statement, called the Hague Declaration, members also say: "We reaffirm our ironclad commitment to collective defence".

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain has asked to opt out of NATO's plan to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, a move that could derail a summit at which the military ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge ...

BRUSSELS — The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge ...

Spain spent 1.24% of GDP on defence in 2024, or about 17.2 billion euros ($19.8 billion), according to NATO estimates, making it the lowest spender in the alliance as a share of its economic output.