A Wild Demand From NATO – Now the Opposition Parties Are Speaking Out

Business Insider (Poland)

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has spoken out about U.S. President Donald Trump’s expectation to increase NATO countries’ defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. “I think 5 percent is very, very difficult, to be honest,” he said in an interview with CNBC that aired Friday on Europe Early Edition.

mdr.de

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NATO's aid should not be relied on by Europe. A large part of the respondents see it in the MDR opinion barometer. At the same time, the plans for more personnel and money for the Bundeswehr are controversial.

Ilta-Sanomat

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Increasing defense spending to five percent of GDP is not being accepted without reservation by the opposition.

espreso.tv

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This is reported by Bloomberg.” We need something other than the promise made at the 2014 Wales summit, where everyone agreed that 2% of GDP would be spent on defence. We need clear phased steps to achieve these goals, and at the same time, we need to make sure that all our allies understand that this should be first and foremost about tough defense capabilities,” Whitaker said.US President Donald Trump, even during his first term, pressed NATO …

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With a focus on "hard defense capabilities": the US expects a clear plan from NATO to increase defense spending The United States of America calls on the North Atlantic Alliance to develop concrete measures to achieve the defense spending target of 5% of production. Particular attention should be paid to the development of "hard defense capabilities".

echo24.cz

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The government can imagine spending around five percent of GDP on defense annually, as demanded by US President Donald Trump. An increase from the current two percent will probably be the main topic of the June NATO summit. The head of the alliance, Mark Rutte, proposes spending 3.5 percent on defense and 1.5 percent on defense-related items. However, such an increase would mean a huge burden on the state budget, and the question is where to fin…