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Like it or not, NATO’s hitting a 5% defense spending target, U.S. says
A 5% defense spending target for NATO members is looking increasingly likely as the alliance prepares for its big bang summit ...
NATO head expects members to agree to spend 5% GDP on defense
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that he expects alliance members to agree during next month's summit to a defense ...
'Near consensus': Hegseth says Nato close to deal on 5% defence spending
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said Nato allies are nearing consensus on a new defence spending target of 5% ...
NATO allies agree to raise defense spending to up to 5% of GDP
Gathered Thursday at the headquarters of the alliance in Brussels, the defense ministers of the 32 allied countries confirmed ...
Pentagon chief confident NATO will commit to Trump's defence spending target
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday he was confident that members of the NATO alliance would sign up to ...
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Hegseth says NATO close to agreeing 5% spending target
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he was confident that members of the NATO alliance would sign up to President ...
UK will be forced to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP in NATO push to keep US on side, Sky News understands
As well as a rise in pure defence spending to 3.5% by 2035, Sir Keir Starmer will also likely be forced to commit a further 1 ...
Nato chief is determined to give Trump a win with 5% defence spending plan
Some may ask if Mark Rutte's proposal to deter Russian aggression has at least a little to do with appeasing the US president ...
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Like it or not, NATO's hitting a 5% defense spending target, U.S. says
Spain and Italy, however, are seen as major holdouts against the 5% target, after only committing to reach the 2% threshold in 2025. Canada meanwhile spent 1.3% of GDP on defense in 2024 ...