NDP wants to increase military spending to 2% of GDP

The New Democratic Party (NDP) supports the goal of increasing military spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).

The Norwegian finance minister, and former NATO secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, motivated the increase announced today in military spending of 17 billion crowns, equal to about 1.46 billion euros, stating that “Russia is more aggressive.” “They have moved many of their troops from the northern part to Ukraine but they have demonstrated their ability to invade their neighbors and so we decided to considerably increase our defense spending,” remarked…