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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/spain-and-rutte-locked-in-defense-showdown-on-eve-of-nato-summitCitarSpain and Rutte Locked in a Showdown on Eve of NATO SummitSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Albania last month. Photographer: Atdhe Mulla/BloombergBy refusing to agree spending increases to appease US President Donald Trump, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez threatens to derail a NATO summit that Secretary General Mark Rutte needs to run smoothly for the sake of the military alliance’s future survival.On the eve of the gathering in The Hague, things are going off the rails. European officials have expressed irritation at the spoiler role that Sanchez is playing when their number one task is to line up behind a pledge to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP. Rutte needs to keep Spain in line while preventing others like Slovakia from breaking ranks.The NATO leaders are meeting against the backdrop of surging tensions in the Middle East. Iran on Monday fired missiles at a US airbase in Qatar, which said it intercepted the attack and there were no casualties. That followed the US bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran at the weekend. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is also well into its fourth year with Russian President Vladimir Putin continuing to make hardline demands for territory.As host, and making his own debut in the top job, this is shaping up to be a worst-case scenario for the Dutch secretary general on his home soil. The risk is that Trump, who has already cottoned on to “notorious” Spain and has kept his trip short, sees the divisions spill out in the open and gets an excuse to walk out.Rather than securing his iron-clad pledge to stand by the post-war alliance’s most sacrosanct principle of collective defense known as Article 5 (an attack on one is an attack on all), Spanish intransigence on spending may throw the optics into disarray.“Spain thinks they can achieve those targets on a percentage of 2.1%” of gross domestic product, Rutte told reporters Monday. “NATO is absolutely convinced Spain will have to spend 3.5% to get there.”Rutte speaking at a news conference ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague on June 23.Photographer: Lina Selg/BloombergOn Monday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico joined Spain in saying that his country now would also reserve a right to decide how fast and by how much it increases its defense budget. Slovakia can meet the alliance’s requirements without hiking spending to the 5% level, he said.All member countries have signed off on ambitious new lists of weapons and troops — so-called capability targets — that each country needs to provide as part of its NATO commitment. The alliance has broken down the 5% goal to 3.5% spending on defense with an additional 1.5% dedicated to related investment.“Each country will now regularly report what they are doing in terms of spending and reaching the targets,” Rutte said. “So we will see and anyway there will be a review in 2029.”Spain has refused to sign up to the 5% target, while also assuring NATO that it will fulfill the capability requirements. It’s arguing that 2.1% of defense spending will be sufficient to achieve that.Rutte has gone out of his way to accommodate Spain. The statement adopted at the summit will give Spain “flexibility” to “determine its own sovereign path for reaching the capability targets,” he told Sanchez in a letter on Sunday.The question facing the NATO chief now is whether he can get all members to mute their objections by the time alliance members sit down for dinner on Tuesday hosted by King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands.
Spain and Rutte Locked in a Showdown on Eve of NATO SummitSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Albania last month. Photographer: Atdhe Mulla/BloombergBy refusing to agree spending increases to appease US President Donald Trump, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez threatens to derail a NATO summit that Secretary General Mark Rutte needs to run smoothly for the sake of the military alliance’s future survival.On the eve of the gathering in The Hague, things are going off the rails. European officials have expressed irritation at the spoiler role that Sanchez is playing when their number one task is to line up behind a pledge to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP. Rutte needs to keep Spain in line while preventing others like Slovakia from breaking ranks.The NATO leaders are meeting against the backdrop of surging tensions in the Middle East. Iran on Monday fired missiles at a US airbase in Qatar, which said it intercepted the attack and there were no casualties. That followed the US bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran at the weekend. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is also well into its fourth year with Russian President Vladimir Putin continuing to make hardline demands for territory.As host, and making his own debut in the top job, this is shaping up to be a worst-case scenario for the Dutch secretary general on his home soil. The risk is that Trump, who has already cottoned on to “notorious” Spain and has kept his trip short, sees the divisions spill out in the open and gets an excuse to walk out.Rather than securing his iron-clad pledge to stand by the post-war alliance’s most sacrosanct principle of collective defense known as Article 5 (an attack on one is an attack on all), Spanish intransigence on spending may throw the optics into disarray.“Spain thinks they can achieve those targets on a percentage of 2.1%” of gross domestic product, Rutte told reporters Monday. “NATO is absolutely convinced Spain will have to spend 3.5% to get there.”Rutte speaking at a news conference ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague on June 23.Photographer: Lina Selg/BloombergOn Monday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico joined Spain in saying that his country now would also reserve a right to decide how fast and by how much it increases its defense budget. Slovakia can meet the alliance’s requirements without hiking spending to the 5% level, he said.All member countries have signed off on ambitious new lists of weapons and troops — so-called capability targets — that each country needs to provide as part of its NATO commitment. The alliance has broken down the 5% goal to 3.5% spending on defense with an additional 1.5% dedicated to related investment.“Each country will now regularly report what they are doing in terms of spending and reaching the targets,” Rutte said. “So we will see and anyway there will be a review in 2029.”Spain has refused to sign up to the 5% target, while also assuring NATO that it will fulfill the capability requirements. It’s arguing that 2.1% of defense spending will be sufficient to achieve that.Rutte has gone out of his way to accommodate Spain. The statement adopted at the summit will give Spain “flexibility” to “determine its own sovereign path for reaching the capability targets,” he told Sanchez in a letter on Sunday.The question facing the NATO chief now is whether he can get all members to mute their objections by the time alliance members sit down for dinner on Tuesday hosted by King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands.
Una bacteria se come una botella de plástico y, una vez dentro de su estructura, la célula fermenta los residuos como si fueran cerveza y los convierte en paracetamol. Así se puede resumir una investigación científica —publicada este lunes en la revista Nature — en la que por primera vez se utiliza la química clásica de una manera “completamente nueva”, según afirma Stephen Wallace, autor del estudio, quien explica la novedad: “Usando microbios vivos, realizamos transformaciones químicas sofisticadas, lo que podría abrir nuevas formas más ecológicas y sostenibles de producir materiales valiosos, como medicamentos, a partir de desechos”.
[...] Pero de qué troops estamos hablando, si en España nadie está dispuesto a hacer el Servicio Militar Obligatorio...
Cita de: AbiertoPorDemolicion en Ayer a las 21:43:56[...] Pero de qué troops estamos hablando, si en España nadie está dispuesto a hacer el Servicio Militar Obligatorio...España tiene muchas misiones... por ahí. [Se nos "rifan" ahí fuera.] Y hay mucho calladito que no.
Cita de: sudden and sharp en Ayer a las 21:46:29Cita de: AbiertoPorDemolicion en Ayer a las 21:43:56[...] Pero de qué troops estamos hablando, si en España nadie está dispuesto a hacer el Servicio Militar Obligatorio...España tiene muchas misiones... por ahí. [Se nos "rifan" ahí fuera.] Y hay mucho calladito que no.cuando la OTAN pide más troops, no se refiere a unos cientos de soldados muy bien entrenados y especializados, y para misiones muy focalizadas y controladas; tienen más en mente algo así como las lecciones aprendidas en la guerra de Ucrania.
He leído esta noticia de Europa Press y se me ha caído el alma a los pies.1 de cada 2 españoles tiene como plan esclavizar a la otra mitad de la poblaciónEl Tuit es importante psicológicamente pero no va a bastar. El 47% de los españoles compraría un inmueble para alquilar o vender, un 'apetito inversor' mayor en jóvenes https://share.google/bLKooWiE1J6JnxWAAConstrucción y viviendaEl 47% de los españoles compraría un inmueble para alquilar o vender, un 'apetito inversor' mayor en jóvenesEl 47% de los españoles compraría un inmueble para alquilar o vender, un 'apetito inversor' mayor en jóvenesCuanta más edad, más predispuestos se muestran al alquiler vacacional, según Pisos.comMADRID, 23 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -La mitad de los españoles (47%) está dispuesto a comprar un inmueble para poderlo alquilar o vender a posteriori, sobre todo los más jóvenes, que evidencian un mayor 'apetito inversor', según se refleja en el último informe de Pisos.com.Así, un 56% de la 'generación Z' y un 52% de los 'millennials' forman el frente a favor de comprar para vender o alquilar, mientras que solo un 42% de la 'generación X' y un 36% de los 'boomers' ven clara dicha opción.Pese a que las cuatro generaciones optarían en gran medida por el alquiler residencial (78%), cuanta más edad, más predispuestos se muestran al alquiler vacacional. En este sentido, solo un 18% de la generación más joven apostaría por esta modalidad, frente a un 27% de los más mayores.El portavoz y director de Estudios de Pisos.com, Ferran Font, ha explicado que la ciudad sigue siendo el foco principal de interés en torno a la vivienda, con un "marcado quórum" en la elección del centro de las urbes y sus periferias.UBICACIÓN PREFERIDA: URBANITA, BIEN CONECTADO A LA COSTALa ubicación preferida tanto para vender como para alquilar una vivienda es el centro de la gran ciudad, con un 33% de media, seguido por un municipio bien comunicado (25%), un pueblo costero (18%) y la periferia de la ciudad (15%).Sin embargo, la brecha generacional revela algunos contrastes bastante pronunciados entre los cuatro grupos: el 80% de los 'Z' y el 73% de los 'millennials' compraría una casa con una ubicación céntrica, en la periferia, o en un municipio bien comunicado."En el otro lado de la moneda tenemos a los 'X' y los 'boomers', que no se interesan mucho en lo que rodea la ciudad o los pueblos. De hecho, ambos presentan el porcentaje más bajo de preferencia por zonas rurales, con un 5% y un 2%, respectivamente, aunque destaca el interés de estos últimos por la montaña, el único por encima de la media", ha explicado Font.Así, los dos grupos de mayor edad son los que más apuestan por los pueblos costeros: un 27% en el caso de los 'X' y un 25% en el caso de los 'boomers', frente al escaso 9% de los 'Z' o el 16% de los 'millennials', que se alinea con su preferencia por los pueblos rurales.De esta manera, uno de cada cuatro posibles rentistas de más de 45 años optaría por comprar una vivienda en la playa y el tipo de inversión inmobiliaria preferida de manera intergeneracional es el alquiler en ciudades.