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The NATO alliance agreed to a new defense spending target of 5% GDP by 2035, after a record number of members met the prior 2 ...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will propose a defense investment plan totaling 5% of GDP at the Alliance summit in The Hague, scheduled for the end of June, Sky News reports. Rutte addressed ...
Portugal is planning a gradual increase in defense spending to reach NATO's 5% GDP target by 2035 while ensuring financial ...
Rutte said the 5% breaks down to 3.5% of each country's GDP invested in "core defense requirements" such as tanks, drones, ammunition and troops, among other items. The 1.5% remainder is to go ...
NATO estimates show Poland spent the highest percentage of its GDP on defense and was the only country estimated to spend more than 4%. Estonia and Latvia followed, each allocating around 3.4%.
NATO allies have reportedly agreed to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. One chart shows what a big ask that is.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has been calling for NATO members to increase defense spending to 5%.. Of the 32 NATO nations, Poland spent an alliance-high 4.12% of GDP on ...
Some may ask if Mark Rutte's proposal to deter Russian aggression has at least a little to do with appeasing the US president ...
NATO members will have to bolster their defense spending by “considerably more than 3%” of their GDP, the alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said.