Spain told European allies it would spend more on defense, faster. Back home, it's a harder sell
Spain's prime minister has tried to assure European allies that his country is willing to spend more on defense as the ...
European leaders downplay skepticism from Trump about NATO solidarity
European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members.
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Spain’s terrible record on defence spending
“S PAIN is very low,” Donald Trump said last month, referring to the country’s defence spending. For once, he was correct ...
Defense News24d
Spending, troops and Asia: three ideas for Europe to stabilize NATO
The ball is now in Europe’s court to address those three points with initiatives at the NATO summit, to be held in ... important outliers like Italy and Spain are not yet there.
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Trump considering major NATO policy shift
Trump has discussed with aides the possibility of calibrating America’s NATO engagement in a way that favors members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their gross domestic product ...
PolskieRadio28d
Polish defense minister to push for increased NATO spending at Hague summit
The question of defense spending is expected to be a key topic at the NATO summit in June. US President Donald Trump has been pushing for NATO countries to raise their defense budgets to 5 percent ...
Radio Pakistan5d
Japanese PM to attend NATO summit on 29 June in Spain’s capital Madrid
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced that he will attend a NATO summit on 29 June in Spain’s capital Madrid. Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister said he will ...
CNN7d
Can NATO survive without the United States?
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 ...
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NATO secretary general on summit in Paris: Europe is ready to do more for Ukraine's security
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said, following the summit of European leaders in Paris, that Europe is ready to take a leading role in providing security guarantees to Ukraine. "Ready and ...
Takeaways From the EU's Landmark Security Summit
EU unveils ambitious defense spending overhaul as continent grapples with reduced U.S. security guarantees and ongoing ...
Politico7d
Trump casts doubt on NATO security agreement: ‘If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them’
President Donald Trump cast doubt Thursday on a core tenet of the NATO security alliance — that ... Speaking to reporters at an emergency summit of EU leaders, she said that an effective ...
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Dutch to set up central register for Nato summit disruption
The Dutch government is setting up a central register where companies and institutions can report problems resulting from the disruption caused by the Nato summit in June, infrastructure minister ...