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The PP Accuses Sánchez of "Liar" with Defense Spending and Returns the Irony: "Take Pedro, Have Someone Translate It for You"

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The PP's national leadership has stepped out to accuse Pedro Sánchez of "liar" about his pact with NATO for defense spending after the general secretary of the Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, has clarified that Spain has agreed to reach 5% of GDP in 2035 and, moreover, believes that Spain would have to reach 3.5% of investment instead of the 2.1% announced by the president of the government on Sunday. Alberto Núñez Feijóo's closest team has denou…

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The PP's national leadership has stepped out to accuse Pedro Sánchez of "liar" about his pact with NATO for defense spending after the general secretary of the Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, has clarified that Spain has agreed to reach 5% of GDP in 2035 and, moreover, believes that Spain would have to reach 3.5% of investment instead of the 2.1% announced by the president of the government on Sunday. Alberto Núñez Feijóo's closest team has denou…

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has been forced to clarify that all member countries are subject to the same obligations when it comes to meeting the rearmament objectives to be agreed at the Hague summit, contrary to the version announced this Sunday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez , whose aim is mainly to maintain the support of his allies. Rutte has denied at the pre-summit press conference that he would have granted an ex…

·Spain
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The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, acknowledged this Monday that Spain will not have to reach 5% of the GDP in military spending, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump. However, Rutte has maintained that, in the alliance's opinion, Spain will need to increase that stipend to 3.5% in order to meet the new capacity objectives that the organization demands of the partners. A statement that has earned the PP to qualify Pedro Sanchez as …

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NATO Chief Mark Rutte argues that Spain will need to allocate 3.5% of GDP for defence, even if Madrid hopes for a derogation from NATO's 5% target. Rutte pointed to the question that Spain can reach only 2.1%.

·Bucharest, Romania
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"Spain believes that it can achieve these objectives with a percentage of 2.1%. NATO is absolutely convinced that Spain will have to spend 3.5% to achieve it."These words of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who added that in the Alliance "there are no exclusion clauses and does not understand parallel pacts or agreements", have sparked doubts about the scope of the agreement announced this Sunday by Pedro Sánchez to not assume an increase in m…

On Sunday, Pedro Sánchez assured that the country will affect 2.1% of the country's GDP to the defence expenditure, "no more, no less", which will allow it to guarantee all its commitments under NATO.

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Eldiario.es broke the news in Spain on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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