The president of the United States, Donald Trumphe has affirmed that Spain “has always spent” very little “ In defense, after the government of Pedro Sánchez It has become the main stumbling block in the NATO To close an agreement on the new 5% GDP Expenditure Commitment.
“NATO will have to deal with Spain. Spain has paid very little. He has always paid very little. Or they were good negotiators or did not do the right thing. I think Spain has to pay the same as everyone else. Spain is known to pay little “has stated in statements to the press.
In addition, the White House tenant has said that NATO countries “undoubtedly” should dedicate 5% of GDP in defense. “I think they should do it. I don’t think we should do it, but I think they do. We have spent so much time, supporting NATO. In many cases, I think, paying almost 100% of the cost “he has sustained.
On the eve, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline LeavittHe said at a press conference that NATO member countries, including Spain, had to increase their expenditure to the threshold of 5%. Hours before, Sanchez had transferred to the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Mark Ruttethat cannot commit to this objective and He asked him to make an exception or that the objective is “optional”.
Sanchez pointed out that the 5% increase “It is not reasonable and would be counterproductive”claiming that each government can legitimately decide if it is willing to make the sacrifice that would mean to reach that figure-“as a sovereign ally we choose not to do it”-and raises an alternative to not “limiting the expense ambitions of other allies.”
Specifically, the President of the Government proposed that “a more flexible formula” be included in the statement of the beech summit that makes “the objective of optional spending or excluding Spain from the application” of that goal of five percent, in reference to the final document that would leave the summit that is celebrated on June 24 and 25 in The Hague.
