7 hours agoEU's first country agrees with Trump's NATO bid
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Trump is urging NATO members to increase their defence spending to five percent of their gross domestic production. That claim prompted discussions in many EU states. Now there is a European state that agrees. Wladyslaw Kosinaj-Kaysz, Poland's defence minister, sees the request [...]
Trump is urging NATO members to increase their defence spending to five percent of their gross domestic production.
That claim prompted discussions in many EU states.
Now there is a European state that agrees. Wladyslaw Kosinaj-Kaysz, Poland's defence minister, sees Trump's request as a key “wake-up call”.
Based on this, instead of the previously targeted two percent, five percent of gross domestic production (PBB) must now be invested in military expenditures.
Implementation of Trump's requirements could last until a decade, Poland's Defence Minister Wladyslaw told the Financial Times Cosineak-Kamisz.
Poland's position is no surprise because, like a direct neighbour and significant supporter of Ukraine, strengthened defence is essential to the eastern alliance's state.
