De Wever with a Fearful Heart to NATO Summit: "We Are Already up to Our Eyeballs in Misery"

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Bart De Wever (N-VA) explained in parliament the position he will take for our country to the NATO summit in The Hague next week. Belgium will accept the new standard of 5 percent, but will plead for "the greatest possible flexibility" because of our budget problems. De Wever also lashed out at the chairmen of CD&V, Vooruit and MR who are disrupting the government's diplomatic approach with their strong criticism of the new standard.

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“We are up to our eyeballs in misery and I want to do my utmost not to add a single euro to our defense bill.” Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) said this in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. He hopes to ensure at the NATO summit in The Hague that Arizona will not have to spend more than 2 percent of GDP on the army this legislative term. But if the summit next week turns out differently, the government will have no other choice, he say…

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The government of Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) is counting on NATO's compassion. But that could be a big disappointment.