The NATO Summit in The Hague Keep hanging a week later. Beyond the commented Words between Mark Rutte and Donald Trumpin the Dutch appointment of member countries at the end of Defense facing 2035. The pact was unanimous, including Spain, despite the will against Pedro Sánchez and his repeated explanation that Spain will not pay more than 2’1%.
Sánchez’s refusal outraged Donald Trumpthat moments after finishing the NATO summit.
Now that the tension seems to have relaxed slightly, another member country has come out to the ‘rescue’ of Pedro Sánchez. It’s about Sloveniawhose prime minister, Robert Golob, has also been disconnected from that 5% target of GDP and has not hesitated to define as “identical” to that of Spain.
The Slovenian politician alleges that Hague Declarationsigned by the 32 members of NATO, It is not a binding statement. Therefore, it defends that Slovenia is only obliged to involve the commitments approved by its own Parliament, which raised the expenditure to 3% by 2030, although for now it will move in 2%.
Golob, in an interview on state television, wanted to emphasize that NATO’s objectives are adopted by consensus, Without “real vote”which is why They do not generate obligations in legal terms For the signatories.
The Slovenian prime minister has pointed out that several countries have negotiated for weeks to the drastic increase in spending that Donald Trump defended and demanded first. In the previous one, even, for now, they have all sealed.
