On Tuesday 20 May, Spain’s Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, explained that her country was opposed to the objective proposed by the United States, and echoed by NATO’s Secretary General, of spending 5% of GDP on defence within a few years.
“We are committed to achieving the target of 2% of gross domestic product, and we will do so this year. This implies a very substantial effort, amounting to €10.471 billion over and above what is in the defence budget”, she explained at the...