US EditionCanada Faces 'Massive Challenge' as NATO Eyes New 5% Spending Target: Expert
- Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged during the 2025 spring campaign to reach NATO's two percent defence spending target by 2030.
- Canada's defence spending has lagged behind the two percent goal, with 1.3 percent of GDP spent in 2024, leading to criticism from allies and pressure ahead of the NATO summit.
- Experts note Canada is now an outlier among NATO members and faces additional difficulties increasing defence funding amid ongoing trade conflicts and political challenges.
- David Perry said Canada faces a 'massive challenge' meeting the new proposed five percent spending target, while Mark Rutte expects allies to agree on this higher goal soon.
- Canada's pledge and defence investments suggest continued scrutiny at the upcoming NATO meeting, where Carney will likely face pressure to commit to higher spending amid broader alliance shifts.
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Canada will face 'massive challenge' as NATO eyes new 5% spending target: expert
When representatives of NATO nations meet in The Hague late next month, they're expected to dramatically hike the alliance's defence spending target for members — the one Canada is failing to hit already.
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada faces 'massive challenge' as NATO eyes new 5% spending target: expert
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte expressed his hope that the countries members of the North Atlantic Alliance will reach, at the Hague summit from 24-25 June, an agreement on a general allocation attempt to protect at least 5% of the Internal Product...
The Straits Times
Kathimerini English EditionNATO’s Rutte says he assumes alliance will agree on 5% spending target
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday that he assumes alliance members will agree to a broad defence spending target of 5% of gross domestic product during a summit in The Hague next month. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Concerned about the continent's national defense, the European Commission (EC) is taking up the issue of defense financing for member states. Among the measures being prepared are the possibility of having a larger government deficit, 650 billion euros in guaranteed loans and 150 billion euros in joint loans. Member of the European Parliament Virginijus Sinkevičius says that, based on previous experience, Lithuania could expect about 3 billion e…
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