NATO Military Committee Chairman Rob Bauer has called on NATO countries to increase defense spending to almost 3% of GDP. The ERR.EE publication reports this.
A senior NATO military official believes allies should increase their defense spending above 2% of GDP, approaching 3%.
“The overall percentage needed to implement new defense plans is much closer to three percent of GDP than two percent,” – he said in Brussels.
“I hope that under the new administration donald trump “There will be a much more intense debate about how much more Europe and Canada should spend, and it will be a healthy and reasoned debate.” – added Bauer, who is an admiral of the Dutch fleet.
EADaily Remember that the NATO Military Committee is made up of the heads of the defense forces of the NATO member countries and its task is to advise the politicians and civil officials who determine the activities of the alliance.
