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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% ...

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Many NATO members lag far behind the U.S. in defense-spending levels and military capabilities. Now they are trying to fix that.

But Spain remains a rare holdout, angering U.S. President Donald Trump, who has painted the policy as a personal win.

Eighteen members of NATO will spend at least 2% of GDP on defense, the security bloc’s top official revealed amid renewed anxiety about the U.S. commitment to the trans-Atlantic alliance.

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.

Stoltenberg says NATO's European members will together hit 2% defence spending target this year 18 of 31 NATO allies to meet or exceed the target in 2024 NATO to send message as doubts on U.S ...

BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte led a fresh push Wednesday for European countries to ramp up defense spending, tackling a budget shortfall that President-elect Donald Trump used to ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European NATO allies and Canada on Friday said they are willing to ramp up defense spending but are cool on American demands for the size of their military budgets, particularly ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (not pictured) at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 24, 2025.