EXCERPT:
MERZ: “We are trying to convince Spain to catch up with the 3 percent or 3.5 percent, which we agreed on in NATO. And as the president said, it's correct, Spain is the only one who is not willing to accept that. And we are trying to convince them that this is a part of our common security, that we all have to comply with these numbers. And this is 3.5 for military, and another 1.5 for our military infrastructure. So Spain has to comply with that.”