NATO members agreed on Sunday to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump, but Spain said it did not need to comply just days before a summit in The Hague meant to be a show of unity.

Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence expenditure. View on euronews

Sánchez announced the deal in an “urgent” address to the Spanish people on Sunday, just days after he wrote a forthright letter to Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte refusing to meet the new spending goal.