Military spending, Italy shakes up: Spain also accelerates and aims for 2% - brigadefolgore.net

Military spending, Italy shakes up: Spain also accelerates to 2%

Italy has given the go-ahead, and the allies are beginning to follow. After Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti's announcement on increasing defence spending to 2% of GDP, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, at the end of the Council of Ministers, announced the approval of the Industrial and Technological Plan for Security and Defence. A [...]

Change of command of the Spanish Paratroopers, General Gutiérrez Alcalá arrives - brigatafolgore.net

Change of command of the Spanish Paratroopers, General Gutiérrez Alcalá arrives

The ceremony of assuming command of the Almogávares VI Paratroopers Brigade (BRIPAC) by Brigadier General Pedro Luis Gutiérrez Alcalá, an officer with extensive experience in airborne troops and special forces, took place at the “Príncipe” base in Paracuellos del Jarama, Madrid. The event, full of significance for the Spanish Army, […]

Controversy in Spain over the halt to the military shows on May 2 in Madrid - brigatafolgore.net

Controversy in Spain over the halt to the military shows on May 2 in Madrid

No to the Patrulla Águila and the Paratroopers of the legendary PAPEA: in Spain the controversy rages after the decision of the Socialist Government of Pedro Sánchez to completely exclude the armed forces from the celebrations of May 2, a very heartfelt holiday of the Community of Madrid. What is causing discussion is above all the absence not only of the traditional land military parade, but […]