Earlier on Sunday, diplomats said NATO’s 32 member states had agreed on a summit statement setting a 5% of GDP target for annual defense and security spending by 2035, despite Spain’s objections.

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Spain is not the only sceptic among NATO’s ranks. Slovakia, while less vocal, has also expressed ambiguity towards the 5% threshold. President Peter Pellegrini formally backed the target in The Hague, ...

Spain, for example, has flat-out refused to spend 5 percent on defense. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told NATO ...

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President Trump on Wednesday laid into Spain for expressing reservations about an increase in NATO defense spending, drawing his ire during his press conference at the alliance’s summit on Wednesday.

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Spain was NATO's lowest spender last year, according to the alliance's estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.

Since NATO set its defense spending targets in 2014, overall average spending among member states, excluding the United States, has risen from 1.4% of GDP to 2% in 2024.

NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending Wednesday after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their "ironclad commitment" to come to each other's aid if attacked.