Spain will achieve the new targets agreed by NATO Member States at the Hague summit, but considers its current defense expenditure, 2% of the country’s GDP, “sufficient, realistic and compatible with the welfare state,” said Spanish Prime Minister Padre. Sanchez demanded last week to exclude Spain from NATO’s demand for defenses at 5%, a request by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte publicly rejected. “At today’s summit, NATO is winning and Spain is gaining something very important to our society, which is security and the welfare state,” the Spanish prime minister said, insisting that Madrid will keep its commitments to the alliance, thanking them. “I hope that in tomorrow’s European Council in Brussels we will talk less about GDP rates and more about common production, common markets and […]
Source: News Beast
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