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All NATO Members to Hit 2% Defense Spending in 2025, Rutte Says
- On June 17 at the G7 summit in Canada, Mark Rutte announced all 32 NATO members are on track to meet the 2% GDP defense spending target in 2025.
- NATO agreed on this 2% target in 2014 after Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, with U.S. pressure and Trump’s threats pushing members to increase spending.
- By last year, 22 allies met the target while others, including Canada and Portugal, promised to reach 2% this year, prompting Rutte to call it "really great news."
- The 2% target splits into 3.5% for direct defense and 1.5% for related investments like infrastructure and cybersecurity, with some leaders considering raising it to 5%.
- This progress signals strengthened NATO unity amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, though uncertainties remain over summit attendance and the alliance’s evolving defense goals.
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Next week, NATO member states will meet for a two-day summit in The Hague.
Russia is a "minor" to the world security address, but "there is no chance" if NATO Member States remain united, the head of European Union diplomacy Kaja Kallas said Wednesday.
·Romania
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The EU's Head of Diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, stressed on Wednesday the importance of the unity of NATO countries vis-à-vis Russia which is "a direct threat to the European Union" Russia is
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One week before the NATO summit, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas appealed to the European Parliament. Russia "has no chance" against a united NATO and European Union.
·Bonn, Germany
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