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Spain left as sole major holdout on Nato’s 5% defence spending goal

Madrid’s stance threatens alliance unity amid preparations to meet Trump’s military spending demand in June

Spain is the last major holdout on a Nato plan to announce early next month that the entire alliance will spend 5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2032, a target demanded by US President Donald Trump.

Madrid is under pressure to commit to the target and enable Nato to announce that all its members will meet the pledge at a meeting of its defence ministers in Brussels on June 5, four officials briefed on the preparations said.

Trump has demanded Nato countries hit 5 per cent or risk losing US protection, in a drive to “equalise” the cost of defending the alliance.

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