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Updated Thursday, April 4, 2024-00:07

NATO reaches its 75th anniversary today, becoming

an essential instrument to guarantee common European security in a context marked by the war in Ukraine

. This conflict represents the greatest threat on continental soil since the end of the Second World War, which requires those countries lagging behind in defense investment, such as Spain, to redouble their efforts. The Russian invasion seeks to destabilize all the free space that governs community territory. Of

Hence, the Atlantic Alliance maintains the initial strategy on which it was created, based on collective defense and deterrence, and is going through a moment of expansion, after the incorporation of Finland and Sweden. As we reported in our

Foreground

, allies debate a plan

financial assistance for Ukraine endowed with 100,000 million euros as a shield against the return of Donald Trump

put the stability of the organization at risk. The defense of the universal values ​​of open society, reason and freedom involves guaranteeing weapons to kyiv.

After Brexit, and with France as the only nuclear power in the community club, the EU needs to strengthen its Atlantic commitment to guarantee its security. Spain, after joining NATO in 1982, has proven to be one of the most active members in the missions, but has been failing to comply with the agreed budget.

Our country is at the bottom of the members of the Atlantic organization in military spending, to which 1.24% of GDP was dedicated last year.

It is still far from 2%, which became the minimum floor after Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia and influenced by the proximity of the Baltics to Russia, asked to extend the goal to 2.75% in order to ensure the financing that demands confrontation with Moscow. Putin has declared her wanted and captured.

The Government's refusal to process the State accounts for 2024 will prevent the continuation of the 26% increase that the Defense budget experienced last year. It is also the confirmation that

The lack of a stable parliamentary majority, and the alliance of the PSOE with radical partners, leads Spain to fail to comply with its international commitments

. Margarita Robles herself, in line with Ursula von der Leyen, has pointed out the certain possibility of a war in Europe. This requires a coherent, transparent Defense policy with stable financial planning.

The West as a whole, and Europe in particular, is threatened by Kremlin imperialism.

The NATO Washington summit, which will take place just after the European elections in June, will be marked by the reconfiguration of the balance of forces in the EU

. Spain cannot waver in a commitment on which the defense of liberal democracy against authoritarianism and autocracies depends.

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