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Boosting NATO's defence capabilities means going beyond 3% target, says Rutte
euronews (in English)
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13/01/2025
The 32 NATO allies will likely decide to increase the defence spending benchmark from the current 2% of GDP during a summit in The Hague in June.
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Spending 2 percent GDP for defense is not enough, according to NATO's Secretary-General
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Mark Rutte, who says that alliance members must put more on the table.
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But Rutte, speaking at the European Parliament on Monday, avoided talking about the 5 percent
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target that US President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly called for. Instead, he said
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that improving the common European procurement and the existing infrastructure could help
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set NATO's future defense spending at around 3.7 percent.
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Spending more on defense means spending less on other priorities. But it can make a big
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difference for our future security. On average, European countries easily spend up to a quarter
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of their national income on pensions, health and social security assistance. And we need
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only a small fraction of that money to make defense much stronger. So I count on you
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to make sure we all invest more in defense. It is an investment in our security and the
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security of our children and grandchildren.
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Currently, 23 NATO allies meet the 2 percent guideline, led by Poland at over 4 percent.
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However, countries like Spain and Italy lag behind, making Trump's 5 percent target unrealistic.
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Germany's Olaf Scholz called it too costly.
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The defense spending target will have to be increased, most likely as a deliverable for
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NATO's Hague summit in June. Of course, nobody knows the size of the percentage, so to say.
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It might be 3 percent, it might be 3.5. And I think overall it will be a mixed picture
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with some allies indeed, perhaps even meeting 5 percent, particularly on the front line
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of Russia's war against Ukraine. And perhaps at this meeting, 3.5. But overall, it's a
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certainty, almost a certainty that the defense spending target will rise.
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The EU Commission estimates that Europe's defense industry needs an additional 500 billion
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euros over the next decade to remain competitive and meet current demand.
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