Mark Rutte Calls for NATO Membership as Pressure mounts in Preparing for War footing.
"We are still spending far less than during the Cold War. Even though the threats to our freedom and security are just as big — if not bigger,” Rutte said during his first Brussels speech since becoming chief.
He insisted that the current pledge of 2 percent in each country is simply not enough to keep Russia at bay
"We are preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us,"said “It is time to shift to a wartime mindset, and our defence production and defence spending."
After Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nato agreed that tw percent should be a minimum, rather than a target.
Since invading into a war with Ukraine, Russian defence spending has jumped to more than 6 percent of GDP – more than triple what some spends.
Ukraine is not part of, but Zelensky is adamant that his count should join, and has said he will not enter any peace deal without that elem
Nato is meeting the 2 percent minimum, but around a third of the countries do not individually.
The Commission thinks that EU defence spending over the next dk needs to rise by £40,million.Incoming American President Donald Trump has made clear he#; will not cover for “delinquent” countries that do not pay their fair share towards defence.
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