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NATO won't endorse Trump's 5% spending target, but ready for increase, Reuters reports
- NATO allies are unlikely to meet U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposed spending target of 5% of GDP but are open to an increase from the current 2%, as reported by Reuters.
- Trump called for an increase to the NATO spending target to 5% of GDP on Jan. 7, up from the current target of 2%.
- NATO members may agree to increase the spending target to 3% of GDP, with discussions ongoing about a gradual increase by 2030, according to Reuters.
- Ukraine plans to spend 26% of its GDP on defense in 2025, significantly higher than NATO's current targets, highlighting the urgency for increased spending among allies.
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Soon-to-be US President Trump demands that NATO countries should invest five percent of their economic output in defense, Minister Habeck demands 3.5. The head of the chancellor's office disagrees with this.
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A previously classified document shows that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' security policy unit wanted Sweden to join NATO as early as 2014. But the government did not act and instead stuck to its non-alignment policy.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Total News Sources34
Leaning Left6Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left
43% Left
L 43%
C 36%
R 21%
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