NATO's European allies and Canada boosted military spending by 20% in 2025
European NATO allies and Canada raised defense budgets by 20% to $574 billion in 2025 amid security threats and aim for 5% of GDP spending by 2035, NATO reported.
- On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reported that European allies and Canada increased defense spending by 20% in 2025 to $574 billion, with all 32 members meeting the 2% GDP target.
- At the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, allies committed to a new 5% GDP target by 2035, split into 3.5% for core defense and 1.5% for resilience measures.
- Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania surpassed the new 3.5% core defense goal last year, while the United States' share of alliance expenditures fell to around 60%.
- Last week, President Donald Trump criticized NATO allies, calling them "cowards" and writing that "without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER!" over their Iran support.
- At the Ankara Summit in July, Rutte expects allies to demonstrate a "clear and credible path" toward the 5% objective, building on recent achievements to sustain momentum.
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Brussels. The European allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Canada increased defence spending by 20 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year in real terms, said the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mark Rutte, in an annual report published yesterday, in which he urged the members of the transatlantic mechanism to maintain this momentum.
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NATO's European allies and Canada increased defence spending by 20% in 2025 compared to the previous year in real terms, alliance chief Mark Rutte said in his annual report published Thursday, urging NATO members to keep up the momentum.
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