Future goals should be agreed at the NATO Leader Summit in June in The Hague.
“We’ll be able to “converge over the next few months,” Rutte said, adding that “defense needs to be prioritized over others” to increase spending. It is a reference to the government having to make more difficult decisions about military spending than popular social welfare programs.
The Alliance has set up a new ability target to define where additional cash is directed. Latte said it is already clear that there is a shortage of air defense systems, long-range missiles and tanks to keep the troops up.
“We have not paid enough for the last 40 years, especially since the Berlin Wall fell,” Latte said of defence spending in Europe and Canada. “The US wants that for granted. That’s completely logical.”
Latte also argued that despite recent comments by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses, “we cannot assume that America’s existence will last forever.” .
He said the alliance “is an American organization at first,” as the United States accounts for more than 50% of NATO’s GDP.
The NATO chief also emphasized that “everything is at the table” of the peace talks to end the fight in Ukraine. Trump and Hegus both ruled out Ukrainian NATO memberships and said Kiev could not. To restore all the territory seized by Russia – Hegses then tried to return some of those comments.
“We have to end this in a way… Putin won’t capture a square mile or a square kilometre in Ukraine,” Latte said.
