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

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, in a letter to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, said Spain 'cannot commit to a specific spending target in terms of GDP' at next week’s NATO summit in The Hague.

The success of a key NATO summit next week is hanging in the balance. Spain has announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge.