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 ...

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.

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

President Trump on Wednesday laid into Spain for expressing reservations about an increase in NATO defense spending, drawing his ire during his press conference at the alliance’s summit on Wednesday.

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

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 ...

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

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

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