German FM Backs 5% NATO Spending Target
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German FM backs 5% NATO spending target
The German foreign minister has backed US President Donald Trump's demands for NATO members to spend 5% of their economic output on defense. Analyst Olaf Böhnke says the announcement is "more political theater than fiscal reality."
NATO has decided to bow to Donald Trump and bet that countries contribute 5% of GDP to defense by 2032. Pentagon pressures, which is the one controlling the Atlantic Alliance, have led European countries to yield to their demands, when a couple of months ago they talked about contributing 3% of the wealth of member states.The EU's fear of Trump's tariffs has been decisive.Keep reading...


US President Donald Trump calls on Europeans to put five percent of economic power into the military, which is hundreds of billions. The "nato turnaround" will turn the continent around.
"The United States will continue to defend every centimetre of NATO territory," said Whitaker, at a video press conference at the headquarters of the Alliance, in Brussels, where Lusa participated, and where she spoke of the proposals that Washington will take to NATO's summit this month in Hawaii. "It is essential that all allies fully assume their responsibility. Each coalition must invest at least 5% of GDP [gross domestic product] in defence…
The United States insisted this Wednesday on its demand that NATO allies devote 5% of their GDP to investment in Defense and reach this agreement at the next summit of leaders in The Hague. Thus, it stressed that this bar is not a "suggestion" but a "point of departure" to ensure the security of the Atlantic alliance and that it challenges all countries, "including our friends in Spain." "Each ally must commit to investing at least 5% of GDP in …
The Pentagon confirmed the participation of US Secretary of Defense Pete Hagset in a meeting of the heads of defense departments of the North Atlantic Alliance, which will be held at NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 5.
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