US EditionNATO is on the cusp of accepting Trump’s 5% defense investment demand, Rutte says
- The proposed defense investment plan would require member nations to invest 5% of their respective gross domestic products in defense, NATO officials announced.
- If approved during the upcoming NATO Summit, defense investments would require respective member nations to spend equal to 3.5% of GDP on core defense spending, plus 1.5% in annual defense and security investments, including infrastructure.
- Rutte said NATO allies have pledged nearly $23 billion in security assistance for Ukraine in 2025 and are focused on preventing the use of nuclear weapons by Russia and other nations.
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einnews.comFinland aims to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2032
Finland plans to raise its defence spending to five percent of gross domestic product by 2032, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Saturday at the National Coalition Party’s spring council meeting. The country is already committed to increasing defence expenditure to 3.5 percent of GDP, following a proposal by NATO’s defence minister Mark Rutte. The new target exceeds both NATO’s two percent baseline and Rutte’s proposal, aligning more closely w…
SELLING WWIII: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea Planning 'Long-Term Confrontation,' NATO Head Warns
HYPOCRISY: NATO ramps up its militaries and sell fear to the public Mark Rutte, the NATO head known as the “Trump Whisperer,” continues to sell WWIII, and, while his alliance pumps historic amounts of money into their militaries, he also tries to justify the spending because of Russia has “teamed up with China, North Korea, and Iran” to ramp up their militaries. “They are preparing for long-term confrontation,” he said. TRENDPOST: Hypocrisy in …
It seems that the Dutch defense budget will grow to almost forty billion euros per year in the coming years under pressure from NATO. How will these billions be spent? The treaty organization and the ministers involved do not make detailed statements about it, but previous analyses do provide an indication.
NATO defense ministers struggle to bridge divides over military spending goals
NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday "broadly" agreed to pursue a significant increase in member states' military spending to 5 percent of GDP. However, sharp disagreements over the timeline and spending categories revealed deep divisions ahead of the alliance's upcoming summit in The Hague, scheduled for June 24-25.
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