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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 ...
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NATO strikes deal on defense, with Spain risking ire of Washington
NATO has signed off on a pledge to ramp up defense spending before its upcoming summit, but Madrid insisted it would not need ...
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’ ...
Spain opts out of NATO's new 5% defense spending target
CNBC's Charlotte Reed joins "Squawk Box Europe" to discuss after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says his country will ...
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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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, ...
Embattled Sánchez resists clamour for resignation
Seven years after taking office by ousting corruption-ridden conservatives from government, Pedro Sánchez is fighting for his political life amid investigations into alleged graft in his Socialist ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez apologises over top aide’s alleged corruption
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has apologised to Spaniards for being misled by a top aide accused of corruption who resigned ...