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Spend More to Spend Better? 5% Mirage and European Defense Policy in the Face of Trump’s Pressure

A new threshold: from 2% to 5% “If the allies spent more, they could be sure that Trump would not withdraw US guarantees.” With this warning, the new Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, has reactivated an old demand: substantially increase spending on defence of European countries. His plan foresees that, by 2035, the allies will spend 3.5% of GDP on “central” military spending and another 1.5% on area…
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A new threshold: from 2% to 5% “If the allies spent more, they could be sure that Trump would not withdraw US guarantees.” With this warning, the new Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, has reactivated an old demand: substantially increase spending on defence of European countries. His plan foresees that, by 2035, the allies will spend 3.5% of GDP on “central” military spending and another 1.5% on area…

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realinstitutoelcano.org broke the news in on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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