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NATO agrees to higher defence spending goal, Spain says it is opting out
By Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold, Lili Bayer and Ana Cantero BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) -NATO members agreed on Sunday to a big ...
Sanchez Puts NATO’s Trump Plan at Risk by Opposing 5% Goal
The problems piling up for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Spain are threatening to spill into next week’s NATO summit, with ...
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Spain secured NATO opt-out from 5% defense spending target.
Spain has struck a deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to be exempt from a commitment to spend 5% of its ...
Spain reaches deal with NATO ahead of summit to be excluded from 5% defense spending goal
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that Spain reached a deal with NATO to be excluded from a 5% of GDP defense spending target ...
Prostitutes, a porn star and a bouncer – Spanish PM Sanchez embroiled in corruption scandal
Pressure building on Left-wing leader, who took office seven years ago ousting party guilty of ‘institutional corruption’ ...
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez pushes back against 'unreasonable' 5% NATO spending target
NATO leaders will gather at a summit in The Hague next week where they are set to discuss boosting defence spending to 5% of ...
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Sánchez challenges NATO and Brussels by sending a "bad signal of disunity right before the summit": "It's opening Pandora's box"
The Government's refusal to exceed 2% in Defense spending makes reaching an agreement in The Hague next week impossible, ...
Spain's embattled PM Sánchez defies clamour for resignation
Paco Camas, head of public opinion in Spain for polling firm Ipsos, sees a Sánchez resignation as "political suicide" for his ...
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Sánchez does not commit to the requirement of spending 5% of GDP on Defense as it would impact the Welfare State
He had pledged not to detract a cent from social spending, and the Alliance's position compromises his word. He proposes a ...
Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez rejects NATO's 5% of GDP spending plan as 'unreasonable'
Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...
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Why Pedro Sánchez’ political career clings on by a thread
A litany of accusations from all sides of the political spectrum have spurred public shame among Spaniards who feel their ...
Spain's Sanchez names new party leadership to limit damage from graft probe
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez named four people to take over the leadership of his Socialist party ...