Germany backs Donald Trump goal for Nato to spend 5% of GDP on defence

Financial Times

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NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defence investment to five per cent of gross domestic product over the next seven years, as the U.S. focuses on security challenges outside of Europe.
Global News
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For now those goals sound highly ambitious, given the dire state of the German armed forces which, defence experts warn, have been plagued by shortages of key weapons systems and faced trouble recruiting new troops.
International Business Times
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Wadephul, who took office earlier last week as part of a new conservative-led government, was speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in the Turkish city of Antalya, where defence spending was high on the agenda.
The Gazette
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NATO chief Mark Rutte has floated a plan for members to hit the five-percent goal by spending 3.5 percent of GDP on military spending and 1.5 percent on other security measures such as infrastructure and cyber defence.
Daily Mail

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