On Wednesday 4 December, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte promised that he would fight for the Allies to spend more on defence.
Believing that spending 2% of GDP on defence was “simply not enough if, longer term, we want to keep our deterrence at the level it is now”, Mr Rutte explained at the end of the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels that he would “fight” for the Allies to spend more.
“It is absolutely clear, if you want to keep the deterrence at the present...