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Pedro Sánchez announces €10.5bn more in defence spending, to reach 2% of GDP

News Desk22nd April 202529th April 2025

22nd April 202529th April 20252264

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday that Spain will achieve NATO’s defence spending benchmark this year, responding to increasing calls for the country...

Pedro Sánchez vows to boost Spain’s defence without affecting welfare spend

News Desk26th March 202531st March 2025

26th March 202531st March 20251380

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...

Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home

News Desk16th March 202521st March 2025

16th March 202521st March 20252398

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...

‘EU faces clear & present danger’, as it unveils €800 billion plan to ‘ReArm Europe’

News Desk4th March 202510th March 2025

4th March 202510th March 20251322

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...

Western leaders visit Ukraine to show their support on war’s 3rd anniversary

News Desk24th February 20253rd March 2025

24th February 20253rd March 2025924

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...

EU vows ‘firm’ retaliation if Donald Trump unleashes trade tariffs

News Desk3rd February 202510th February 2025

3rd February 202510th February 20251411

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,...

Trump mistakes Spain for a ‘BRICS’ nation and threatens 100% tariffs

News Desk21st January 202527th January 2025

21st January 202527th January 20252860

Newly elected United States President Donald Trump mistakenly identified Spain as a BRICS nation in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday, when...

Spain against sending EU troops to Ukraine, following Macron’s comments

News Desk27th February 20246th March 2024

27th February 20246th March 20241602

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...

Sánchez visits Spanish troops in Iraq, supporting country’s ‘sovereignty & stability’

News Desk29th December 20234th January 2024

29th December 20234th January 20241617

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...

US President Joe Biden to host Pedro Sánchez in May

News Desk20th April 20235th May 2023

20th April 20235th May 20232263

United States President Joe Biden is to host Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez next month, the White House announced on Wednesday. The visit on Friday...

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