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 "slug": "spain-1-483-billion-fourteen-new-special-modernisation-programmes-500-million-contracts",
 "title": "Spain Transfers EUR 1.483 Billion to Pre-Finance 14 New Defence Modernisation Programmes",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/spain-1-483-billion-fourteen-new-special-modernisation-programmes-500-million-contracts/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-09-02T20:44:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-04T20:44:58.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadrid, 2 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Spain's Council of Ministers transferred EUR 1.483 billion from the Treasury to the Industry Ministry on 2 September to pre-finance 14 new Special Modernisation Programmes (PEM) before year-end\n * Industry's total 2026 defence allocation now reaches EUR 4.711 billion, including EUR 2.139 billion for the 35 PEM already launched in 2025\n * Spending ceilings under the General Budgetary Law were lifted to let both Industry and Defence commit fun",
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  "defense-policy",
  "defense-industry"
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 "entities": [
  "poland",
  "spain"
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