Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has asked NATO to grant a waiver from the alliance’s proposed 5% defense spending goal, citing the country’s current low military expenditure and its assessment of Russia as not posing an immediate threat. The request comes ahead of next week’s high-stakes summit in The Hague.
Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-nato-summit-5-percent-defense-spending-target-perdo-sanchez-military-donald-trump