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Trump joins NATO leaders for summit on defence spending

CNN on MSN · 1h

NATO summit yields a big win on defense spending for Trump but key questions over the alliance remain

NATO leaders convening Wednesday in the Netherlands were prepared to offer President Donald Trump a major win by boosting their defense spending targets.

Fortune on MSN · 3h

NATO leaders want to appease Trump, but spending billions more on the defense alliance ‘would be just crazy for Europeans,’ foreign policy expert says

The spending target the military alliance just agreed on is unlikely to be met by all countries, but experts say some members are moving to bolster their defenses in case of a future Russia conflict.

The New York Times · 1h

Live Updates: Trump Pushes Allies on Military Spending at NATO Summit

Mr. Trump had been eager to celebrate his success at NATO and revel in the fact that he had conducted an attack that none of his predecessors had dared to launch. His view was backed up by Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, who wrote Mr. Trump a private message thanking him for his “decisive action” in Iran.

9 NATO countries that missed their defence spending targets

Reuters on MSN · 48m

Greek PM says all NATO members should commit to defence spending target

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that all 32 members of the NATO alliance should do their part in defence spending and commit to the agreed target so that there would be no sense of "free-riding".

BBC on MSN · 16h

The nine Nato countries that missed their defence spending targets

As Nato leaders meet to agree big increases in targets for defence spending, some of them haven't yet met the existing ones.

The Financial Times · 1d

UK defence funding will hit 5% of GDP by 2035, Starmer to tell Nato summit

The pledge would raise core defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP by 2035, with an additional 1.5 per cent on security related infrastructure such as cyber security and border protection. The UK prime minister had already pledged to raise defence spending from around 2.

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Back to the future: NATO leaders hark back to the Cold War as they meet to hike defense spending

General Mark Rutte is upbeat that the military organization will agree a massive spending hike at a “transformational summit, ...

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy sidelined as NATO leaders meet to agree defense spending boost

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is looking on from the sidelines as NATO leaders meet to agree a significant boost in ...

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Portugal Reiterates It Will Meet Defense Spending Goal in 2025

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro reiterated his country will reach a target for investment in defense to increase to ...

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Factbox-How Will Germany Pay for Rapid Rise in Defence Spending?

Germany, now led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, will now be able to borrow a total of 378.1 billion euros for defence between ...

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Germany to raise defense spending to 3.5% of GDP in 2029

Germany’s finance minister has vowed to lift the country’s defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product in 2029.

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German cabinet passes 2025 draft budget with leap in defence spending

Germany's cabinet approved on Tuesday the draft budget for 2025 and the budget framework for 2026 with record investments in ...

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Wicker unhappy with proposed U.S. defense spending, calls budget request “inadequate”

The Senate Armed Services chairman said the gaps in spending will make it more difficult to maintain America’s standing on ...

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