“And Spain… Where is Spain? We will get closer.This phrase uttered by Trump during the signing of the peace agreement on Gaza in Egypt this Monday, has been continued by his ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, in a not so friendly.
The American president seems to have thought something like… ‘Yes, yes, president, but… everyone here pays.’ Whitaker recalled this Tuesday to “all allies, including Spain”, who must commit to complying with what was signed A few months ago, when the US brought together all the countries of the Alliance and like a father scolding his children at the dining table, he forced them to sign the commitment to pay 5% of GDP in Defense matters by 2029.
However, the US representative in NATO has preferred not to value or enter into debate about NATO’s words. “All allies, including Spain, They will have to fulfill their Article 3 obligation, which says they will spend on their commitment. No exceptions or reservations. Each and every one of the allies will have to do it,” hWhitaker said before meeting with NATO defense ministers this Wednesday in Brussels.
It must be remembered that of that 5%, the military means to meet the capabilities objectives. Or what is the same, that the 32 allies will have to spend 3.5% of their GDP on weapons purchased from the USA.
Likewise, Whitaker wanted to draw on history, and pointed out that, although his country has been bearing most of NATO’s economic defense costs for 76 years, “Today’s world is too dangerous to take security for granted”and stressed the problem that Washington has been pointing out for decades: the organization’s imbalance in terms of investment.
In summary, Whitaker has assured that, If the 32 allied countries allocate the agreed percentage, NATO security will be reinforced considerably. And under this premise, he maintains that the objective of the countries that signed the agreement in the month of June must be met without exceptions, and indirectly looks askance at Spain, and at Sánchez, who assured days before that the agreement allowed our country something that was immediately denied by the US government.
