U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that allies commit 5 percent of their GDP to defense, a dramatic ramp-up on the 2 percent the defense alliance agreed on over a decade ago but that is now seen as too low to deal with the threat posed by Russia and the need to rearm while also sending weapons to Ukraine.The future target should be agreed at NATO leaders' summit in June in The Hague.
“Over the next couple of months we will get convergence" on the budget goal, Rutte said, adding that to increase spending "we will have to prioritize defense over other stuff.” That's a reference to governments having to make difficult decisions on military spending over popular social welfare programs.
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