Slovakia reserves right to decide pace of defence spending rise, PM Fico says
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is convinced that no goal adopted by NATO today will be fulfilled "down to the smallest detail" and believes that each country has the right to determine the pace and structure of its defense spending.
Slovakia must reserve its right to decide how soon it will increase its costs to achieve NATO objectives for 2023, and any major planned increase for the next year will be directed towards projects with...
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fizzo does not support an increase in defense spending to 5% of GDP.

Slovakia reserves right to decide pace of defence spending rise, PM Fico says
(Reuters) -Slovakia has to reserve the right to decide how fast to raise spending towards NATO's new targets for 2035 and any increase in outlays next year will go to dual-use projects like roads and hospitals, Prime Minister Robert Fico…
The government is preparing to increase defense spending, the president is on his way to the NATO summit, where he is supposed to decide on it. What does it mean that our prime minister is playing with neutrality and will Slovakia increase its defense spending from 2 to 5% of GDP? Braňo Závodský spoke with the nominee for prime minister, Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization Samuel Migaľ.
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