Sánchez increases defence spending by €10 billion with no budgets and bypassing Parliament
Pedro Sánchez announced yesterday that Spain will increase its military spending by €10 billion this year, although only 20% of that figure will be allocated to the purchase of equipment and materials, while 35% will go to raising the salaries of the military. With this increase, Spanish spending on security and defense will reach 2% of GDP this year, totaling more than €33 billion. Sánchez thus contradicts himself, once again,…