US EditionNATO summit opens amid discord over defence spending and Ukraine
- NATO leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, gathered in The Hague on June 23, 2025, for a two-day summit focused on boosting defence spending and security cooperation.
- The summit follows Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and intense political pressure from Trump to raise the defence spending target to 5% of GDP, which Spain rejected as unreasonable.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended a series of meetings but was excluded from the leaders' main session, reflecting uncertainty amid his country's frozen NATO membership bid.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte emphasized that current times are considerably more perilous and highlighted that European countries contributed the majority—around 60%—of the military assistance received by Ukraine in 2024.
- The summit aimed to secure agreement on the 5% GDP defence spending goal to strengthen collective defence, though divisions remain over financial commitments and NATO’s scope regarding Russia.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
87 Articles
87 Articles
All
Left
11
Center
12
Right
10
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said today in The Hague that the military alliance cares a lot about the Western Balkans and that not mentioning it in the declaration adopted at the alliance summit does not mean a change in attitude towards that region.
·Belgrade, Serbia
Read Full Article
The NATO summit in The Hague has shown what will depend on the security of Europeans in the future: gaps must be filled as quickly as the US is opening them up.
·Munich, Germany
Read Full Article
NATO has agreed that defence spending should increase, but not all of them interpret the agreement in the same way.
·Frankfurt, Germany
Read Full Article
As expected, NATO is increasing its budget and is pleased with many new weapons. However, it is also clear that this alone will not end the war in Ukraine.
Coverage Details
Total News Sources87
Leaning Left11Leaning Right10Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Center
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources are Center
36% Center
L 33%
C 36%
R 30%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
