On Tuesday 7 January, US President-elect Donald Trump said that NATO member countries should spend 5% of their GDP on defence.
While the Allies have pledged to spend at least 2%, the Alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, believes that more should be spent and the subject could be discussed at the summit in The Hague in June 2025 (see EUROPE B13544A14).
The Allies “can all afford it. But they should be at 5%, not 2%”, Mr Trump explained at a press conference in Mar-a-Lago. No...