NATO's Rutte calls for higher defence spending, above 2%/GDP
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

NATO's Mark Rutte advocates for members to increase defence spending beyond the current 2% GDP target, citing it as outdated.
LISBON (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte called on the alliance members to step up their defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of GDP, which had been set a decade ago and is now considered too low, he told reporters on Monday while visiting Lisbon.
(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves, writing by Andrei Khalip)
Mark Rutte called on NATO members to increase their defence spending beyond the common goal of 2% of GDP.
The 2% GDP target for defence spending was established a decade ago.
The article was reported by Sergio Goncalves and written by Andrei Khalip.
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