Pedro Sánchez reaffirms that 2.1% of GDP in military spending is sufficient to meet the demands in collective security and defense that he has accepted within NATO, despite the doubts expressed by the Secretary General, Mark Rutte, who assured that it will be necessary for Spain to reach at least 3.5% to meet the so -called capacity objectives. “It is not arbitrary,” said the president about that figure that the armed forces have provided due to the capabilities agreed on June 5. However, neither Routte nor many of the allies believe the accounts of Spain. “These people are not silly,” said Belgian prime minister, about NATO technicians: “If you can do it, it is a genius,” he has ironized about Sánchez.
“The debate is not how much we are going to spend,” said Sánchez, who wants to displace the focus of GDP percentage to military commitments. However, the great conclusion of the Hague Summit is that the allies undertake to shoot the military expenditure to 5%, as Donald Trump demanded. Spain was the country that opposed that position and achieved a kind of 'exception' that each interprets in a way, but has served to unlock the text. The Government considers that with 2.1% it is sufficient and Routte achieved the consensus of the text with the 'yes' of Spain thanks to a letter in which it gives “flexibility” for the path with which Spain fulfills its capacity commitments.
The opposition of Spain and the possibility of breaking with the general threshold has been criticized by several alliance leaders, especially Donald Trump, who came to say that “there is a problem” with Spain and pointed to the country for breach.
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