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Spain Is Right to Reject Increased Military Spending
Spain’s center-left prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, broke ranks with other NATO leaders as he refused to commit to spending 5 ...
How the humble water gun became the symbol of Barcelona’s anti-tourism movement
The phenomenon started last July, when a fringe, left-wing activist group based in Barcelona that promotes the “degrowth” of ...
Spain’s Socialist Party-Sumar government faces collapse amid corruption scandal, war drive, and rising class struggle
The scandal engulfing Sánchez’s government is being used not only to settle internal disputes within the political ...
As Trump shuts out migrants, Spain opens its doors and fuels economic growth
Defying the anti-immigrant trend in the U.S., Spain is reaping economic benefits by granting citizenship to tens of thousands ...
Spain's commitment to NATO 'total', defence minister says
Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Friday her country is totally committed to NATO, a day after Madrid asked ...
The success of a key NATO summit is in doubt after Spain rejects a big hike in defense spending
The success of a key NATO summit next week is hanging in the balance. Spain has announced that it cannot raise the billions ...
The Corner1d
Sánchez Regains Partners’ Support by Confronting Trump and Refusing to Raise Defense Spending to 5%… by 2035
Who knows where Pedro Sánchez might be in 2035? In La Moncloa (the Prime Minister's official residence)? In Europe? In jail, given the way things are going in ...
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 ...
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 ...