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The Latest: Trump at NATO Wants Allies — Not US — to Hike Spending to 5%
NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA, JUN 23 – NATO’s proposed 5% GDP defense spending target includes a mandatory 3.5% for traditional military costs and 1.5% for broader defense items, tightening current budget rules.
- NATO defence ministers agreed earlier this month to increase spending to 5% of GDP, split between 3.5% on core defence and 1.5% on security investments.
- This decision builds on the 2% target set in 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea and heightened by Russia's full-scale 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- US President Donald Trump strongly pushed for this spending increase while insisting the US should be exempt, aiming to make allies pay their fair share.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the 5% target "unreasonable" and secured a side agreement to spend only 2.1%, while Slovakia reserved flexibility on compliance.
- NATO member states are unlikely to achieve the 5% defence spending target before 2035, highlighting ongoing disagreements within the alliance amid continued instability caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.
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