Bloomberg has learned of Spain's refusal to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP

Spain rejected the idea of NATO to increase defense spending to 5% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). This was reported by Bloomberg on June 19.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez disagreed with the 5% target, calling it "unreasonable" and "counterproductive," the newspaper writes.

It is noted that the prime minister proposed to increase defense spending to 2.1% of GDP, but faced pressure from the opposition.

According to Bloomberg, Sanchez sent a letter to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, in which he indicated that he would oppose the size of defense spending proposed by the alliance.

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Yle TV and radio company reported on June 7 that representatives of Finnish parties in opposition opposed the government's plans to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. In their opinion, due to the growth of military spending, the social security sector may suffer.