NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte formally unveiled an already controversial two-tiered plan to boost allied spending to 5 percent of GDP, though a top US official acknowledged there’s work to do to get some treaty members on board ahead of the alliance’s upcoming summit. Rutte’s plan involves a commitment that allies spend 3.5 percent on defense capabilities and an additional 1.5 percent on broader security-related investments. Though the plan had been previously reported — and is already the subject of some skepticism for analysts and some European officials — Rutte’s official unveiling today at a defense ministerial conference came with noted optimism about its chances at the summit. “We will decide, at the NATO summit, [on] the spending; and we already know we need to spend much, much more if we want to fulfill all these [capability] targets,” he said, according to a DoD statement.
As Rutte formally unveils NATO 5% spending proposal, Hegseth says some allies ‘not quite there’ (Tim Martin – Breaking Defense)
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