US EditionMost NATO Members Endorse Trump's Demand to up Defence Spending to 5% ...
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The good news last week was that NATO could soon assume the goal of its members spending 5% of GDP on defence. Details will follow the Council of the Alliance this month, writes The Wall Street Journal in an analysis entitled "The New NATO Military Realism".
The Secretary General of NATO is on the campaign. In military campaign. Like an armoured vehicle, he stops in front of nothing to promote the new target of military spending that he wants the 32 members of the alliance to reach within 10 years, or 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP).
After CD&V chairman Sammy Mahdi, Vooruit chairman Conner Rousseau and his MR colleague Georges-Louis Bouchez also call it unrealistic to increase defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product, as NATO demands. According to Defense Minister Theo Francken (N-VA), our country will have no choice but to accede to that demand.
All NATO countries will allocate at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product to defense this year. This was confirmed a few days ago by Secretary General Mark Rutte. Until recently, such a statement would have sounded unconvincing. Putin's annexation of Crimea and even a large-scale invasion were not enough of an incentive for some European countries to prioritize defense spending. Last year, the minimum 2 percent limit was not reached b…
Increasing the defense budget even further will not work. Vooruit, CD&V and MR are all pushing the brake pedal. Defense Minister Theo Francken (N-VA) accuses them of “illiteracy”.
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