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US envoy says Trump administration insists NATO allies raise defense investment to 5%
BRUSSELS — The Trump administration wants to hear this week how NATO’s European member countries and Canada plan to boost ...
Trump administration presses NATO allies to boost defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP
The Trump administration is pressuring NATO allies to boost defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, ahead of a key summit in ...
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The European Union Still Can’t Shake the Austerity Habit
European leaders have been looking for ways to loosen budgetary rules so they can increase military budgets. But the new ...
Nato chief urges allies to spend at least 3.5% of GDP on defence: Dutch PM
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Friday that NATO's chief wants the 32 member countries to agree to start spending at ...
Dutch leader says NATO's chief insists allies should spend at least 3.5% of GDP on defense budgets
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof says NATO’s chief wants the allies to agree to start spending at least 3.5% of GDP on their ...
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Spanish premier links increase in defense spending to changing global context
The Spanish prime minister tied the recently announced increase in defense spending to the changing global context during a speech Wednesday to Congress.
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Rutte celebrates that Spain "accelerates investment in Defense" but already warns Sánchez that more will have to be done and points to a military spending of at leas…
"We are working hard to ensure that we can achieve it," he says regarding the new target that NATO will set at the June ...
Exclusive: German defence minister seeks annual budget hike to over 60 billion euros, sources say
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is seeking a drastic increase in the country's annual defence budget to over 60 ...
Europe's costly military pensions complicate defence build-up
European nations want to spend big on artillery, missiles and drones, but costly military pension commitments risk ...