18th May 2025

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Spain scraps €6.8m ammunition order from Israeli company after uproar

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Spain has decided to revoke an ammunition procurement deal with an Israeli defence company, following mounting pressure from the left-wing party within the socialist (POSE)
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Pedro Sánchez vows to boost Spain’s defence without affecting welfare spend

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged on Wednesday to introduce a national strategy aimed at strengthening Spain’s defence industry, as Europe contends with a more
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Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home

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Spain, NATO’s lowest defence spender relative to its economy, is facing both political and public resistance as it attempts to meet European calls for increased
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‘EU faces clear & present danger’, as it unveils €800 billion plan to ‘ReArm Europe’

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (main image) on Tuesday presented a five-part plan to mobilise some €800 billion for Europe’s defence – and
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Western leaders visit Ukraine to show their support on war’s 3rd anniversary

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez joined more than a dozen other Western leaders in Ukraine on Monday to commemorate the third anniversary of the country’s
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EU vows ‘firm’ retaliation if Donald Trump unleashes trade tariffs

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The European Union has vowed to respond ‘firmly’ if US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on the bloc, condemning his latest trade actions against Canada,
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Spain against sending EU troops to Ukraine, following Macron’s comments

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Spain said on Tuesday that it was against any deployment of European troops in Ukraine after France’s Emmanuel Macron refused to rule out sending Western
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Sánchez visits Spanish troops in Iraq, supporting country’s ‘sovereignty & stability’

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that he supported Iraq’s ‘sovereignty and stability’, during a visit to Baghdad where he also met with