Maxime Prévot Paves the Way for New Taxes to Finance Military Spending: "No More Taboos Are Possible"

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Next week's NATO Summit in The Hague should decide to increase defence spending by Member States to 5% of their national GDP, compared to 2% today. The Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs hopes that our country will obtain flexibility mechanisms to make future investments sustainable. ...

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16:00 Now that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is vetoing the new NATO norm, CD&V and Vooruit believe that Belgium should also leave that option open. Other parties find that risky.

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Belgium scores an important victory in the battle over NATO's increased spending norm: it can be spread over a longer period. But the Spanish continue to resist, which means a blockade at the summit next week is still looming.