Brussels opens to reduce fiscal rules to increase military spending – Pledge Times

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The debate is no longer whether to spend more on European defence, but how. In the midst of the global geopolitical earthquake, the European Commission is looking to further relax the fiscal rules — and even some extraordinary suspension, as happened with the covid-19 — to give the states more scope in their military spending, without being punished for excessive deficits. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised this measure wi…

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Von der Leyen rated EU leaders on the possibility of making fiscal rules for defence spending even more flexible at a time when it is assumed that NATO will increase the target by more than 2%.Spain resists the increase in military spending being pushed by Trump and the EU.The European Union assumes that NATO will decide at the June Hague summit to raise the military spending target above the current 2% of GDP commitment to a large extent by the…

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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, opened on Monday to make fiscal rules more flexible to allow Member States to raise public investment in Defence, in view of the fact that Europe is experiencing "extraordinary moments" due to the urgency of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "For extraordinary moments it is possible to have extraordinary measures, so we will look in depth to have more flexibility to allow the stabili…

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Von der Leyen brings together EU Heads of State to realize the rise in military spending, under “extraordinary” measures

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“We all agree that we need to spend more, but also spend better,” stressed Costa, who has identified the need, in his view, to “seek ideas for more joint purchases, harmonize standards, ensure interoperability, avoid duplication and think of new forms of financing.” 30% increase in military spending since 2021Since 2021, the year when the current EU budget period began and the eve of the war in Ukraine, the EU has increased its joint defence spe…

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The European Commission will consider making EU deficit rules more flexible to increase military spending