Rutte Says that "No Doubt" Spain Will Reach 5% of GDP Spending on Defence

The secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, has done it again. Two months ago he said that Spain would reach 2% before the summer, which generated a great discomfort and a denial of La Moncloa. But a few weeks later, Pedro Sánchez announced that Spain will reach 2% before the end of the year. Now Rutte says that Spain will reach 5% of defense spending, the figure claimed by the US and that it is in full negotiation within NATO, but that it would …

Trump’s pressure leads the members of the Atlantic alliance to take on a new goal of military spending. The intention is that 3.5% is military spending and 1.5% corresponds to the broader concept of security. NATO is already negotiating to raise military spending to 5% by 2032 “No doubt.” It has been the concise response of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to the specific question of whether Spain will reach 5% of the GDP in defence spending th…

The Secretary General of NATO assures that "no doubt" Spain will reach 5% of the GDP spent on defence.

The Secretary General of NATO makes clear that the 2% that the Executive says it will reach already this year is totally insufficient. In The Hague the new objective will be set under the 'formula 3,5+1,5' Read

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is demanding that the 32 member states of the Alliance increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. The 2% that had been decided… The new world of the “war economy” - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ

Rutte puts pressure on the Spanish government and says that he "has no doubt" that he will live up to the commitment to be made in The Hague.