NATO defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to address U.S. President Donald Trumps call for member states to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP, up from the current 2% target. The discussions come ahead of the

Dutch PM Dick Schoof said earlier this month that Rutte had written to NATO leaders calling for them to reach 3.5 percent of GDP on "hard military spending" and 1.5 percent of GDP on "related spending such as infrastructure, cybersecurity and other things" over the next seven years.

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Nato leaders later this month with the alliance under pressure to increase spending.