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NATO Chief Rutte Says Members Moving Toward 5% Spending Target
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the alliance will seek to adopt a new defense spending target of 5% of GDP at a ...
NATO head expects members to agree to spend 5% GDP on defense
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that he expects alliance members to agree during next month's summit to a defense ...
NATO’s Rutte says he assumes alliance will agree on 5% spending target
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday that he assumes alliance members will agree to a broad defence spending ...
NATO to embrace 5% GDP defence spending target in June, Secretary-General says
The United States does not spend 5 per cent of GDP on defence or even 3.5 per cent. The NATO Secretary-General’s annual ...
Trump's 5% NATO spend target ‘very, very difficult' to meet, Greek PM says
Greece itself spent nearly 3.1% of its GDP on defense last year, NATO estimates. Athens has been consistently exceeding the 2 ...
As Trump Demands More Military Spending, NATO Reconsiders What Counts
The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as ...
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NATO’s Rutte embraces 5 percent defense spending goal
Dutch PM Dick Schoof said earlier this month that Rutte had written to NATO leaders calling for them to reach 3.5 percent of ...
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Canada will face 'massive challenge' as NATO eyes new 5% spending target: expert
When representatives of NATO nations meet in The Hague late next month, they're expected to dramatically hike the alliance's defence spending target for members — the one Canada is failing to hit ...
Italy expects NATO to raise defence spending target to between 3.5% and 5% of GDP
NATO will raise the defence spending target for its member nations to between 3.5% and 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) ...
NATO Allies Need to Close Defence Spending Gaps, Italy and Germany Say
ROME (Reuters) - It is up to all NATO members to close gaps in their defences no matter the cost, German Defence Minister ...
Germany backs Trump's 5% NATO defense spending target
Transatlantic ties were in the spotlight Thursday as NATO defense ministers met in Turkey and the European Union pursued ...
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Italy Expects NATO to Raise Defence Spending Target to Between 3.5% and 5% of GDP
Italy Expects NATO to Raise Defence Spending Target to Between 3.5% and 5% of GDP By Angelo Amante, Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -NATO will raise the defence spending target for its member ...