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NATO’s ‘Creative Accounting’ Plan to Meet Trump’s Massive Spending Demands
European NATO members, facing President Trump’s intensified demand for defense spending to reach 5% of GDP, are reportedly ...
As Trump Demands More Military Spending, NATO Reconsiders What Counts
The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as ...
Trump's 5% NATO spend target ‘very, very difficult' to meet, Greek PM says
Greece itself spent nearly 3.1% of its GDP on defense last year, NATO estimates. Athens has been consistently exceeding the 2 ...
Germany deploys permanent troops to another country for the first time since World War II
Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s ...
U.S. ambassador presses NATO for plan toward 5% defense spending goal
NATO leaders are expected to approve an updated spending target at the summit. One proposal under consideration involves ...
US Wants Clear NATO Plan to Boost Defense Budgets, Whitaker Says
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said the alliance needs to present clear steps to meet a defense spending target of 5% ...
Italy expects NATO to raise defence spending target to between 3.5% and 5% of GDP
NATO will raise the defence spending target for its member nations to between 3.5% and 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) ...
Is NATO set to agree spending 5% of GDP on defence? Not quite
NATO countries look on course to agree a deal on ramping up their defence spending target at a summit in The Hague next month in a bid to satisfy US ...
NATO allies need to close defence spending gaps, Italy and Germany say
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Boosting defence spending is a task for all NATO members willing to close gaps with allies, ...
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NATO chief seeks defense spending at 5% of GDP by 2032: Dutch PM
European countries have ramped up their defense spending since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but Rutte says they must go considerably higher to ward off Moscow. Last year 22 of NATO's 32 ...