Ignacio Molina, senior fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute, a think tank in Madrid, said Spain's geographic distance from ...

Spain has officially dropped its plan to buy F-35 fighter jets, according to a report by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. These ...

Spain said it would not go with the US-made F-35 and would instead look at options like Europe's Eurofighter and FCAS.

In the Trump-brokered agreement for NATO to increase its defense spending, 'defense-related' projects take on a new ...

Countries are questioning their American weapons purchases, in some of their biggest pushback yet to the administration’s ...

Spain is no longer considering the option of buying U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets and is choosing between European-made ...

Like many Western democracies, Spain needs more people. Last year the national birthrate was 1.4, the second lowest in the ...

NATO is absolutely convinced that Spain will have to spend 3.5% to get there,” Rutte added. Sanchez’s antics threatened to derail the summit.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after the plenary session at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Markus Schreiber/Associated ...

By all accounts, the 2025 NATO Summit, held from June 24–26 in The Hague and hosted by the Netherlands, was a huge success. President Donald Trump’s pressure on NATO allies to spend more on defense, ...

Spain was NATO’s lowest spender last year, according to the alliance’s estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.

Spain was NATO's lowest spender last year, according to the alliance's estimates, spending around 1.28% of its GDP on defense expenditure.