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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


At the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, member states agreed to make 2% of national GDP the minimal defense spending commitment rather than the highest target to aim for.

This commitment, coupled with the impression of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, appears to have had an effect, as NATO's most recent defense expenditure report shows.

The Netherlands, whose outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte iseyeing to become NATO's next Secretary,General, is also expected to fulfill the defense spending target.

Countries including Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and Spain will not reach the NATO minimum defense spending goal.

Former US President Donald Trump, who is hoping to return to the White House after the November elections, rattled the alliance in February saying that he would "encourage" Russia to attack members of NATO who had not met their financial commitments.

Ellison also believes that member states will reaffirm their defense spending commitments at the upcoming NATO summit in Washington ahead of the US elections in November.


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