Sanchez Puts NATO’s Trump Plan at Risk by Opposing 5% Goal

The problems piling up for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Spain are threatening to spill into next week’s NATO summit, with potentially drastic consequences for the rest of the European Union.

The 53-year-old premier has been under fire at home, with allegations of graft in his inner circle putting his minority coalition under strain. As he seeks to reclaim the initiative, he’s emerged as the only leader from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization refusing to sign up to a new target for spending 5% of GDP on defense.