The military editions of the countries born at 5%. The provisional agreement was reached by the ambassadors on Sunday 22 June, now it is just a matter of submitting the details. THE Members of the organization of the North Atlantic Pactcollected in The Hague for the top of 24-25 June, they are preparing to approve the new goal of formally Military expenditure against 5% of GDP by 2035Almost doubled the current goal of 2% since 2014.
The decision, highly desirable by the US president Donald TrumpThe 25 will be officially made during the plenary session with which the leaders of the 32 countries of the Atlantic Alliance, including Trump itself, and from various partner countries will be seen. However, not all Member States are in favor of the increase: SpainAfter a close negotiation with the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance Mark Rutte, he obtained one Special Deviation Which means she can remain excluded from the financial obligation.
From Trump’s pressure to the new 5% formula
The request to drastically increase European military expenditure It has always been a priority of Donald Trump since the first presidential mandate. In fact, the US President does not sufficiently consider the contribution of the old continent to common safety, in view of the fact that the United States contributes to approximately 68% of NATO total military expenditure. The US State Secretary Marco Rubio had already expected that all members would have agreed the goal of an increase in NATO’s military expenditures by 5% and that was.
But it was not that easy to get there. To mediate between American requests and European resistance, Rutte suggested a bipping formula That 5% divides into two different categories. The 3.5% of GDP must be intended for Traditional military editions such as armament, troops and equipment, Mentre the 1.5% Remaining will be invested in enlargement Including cybericulia, critical infrastructures and military mobility. This distinction is an absolute novelty in comparison with the definition born definition since 1950, which only considered the costs for the armed forces and war equipment.
The current objective of 2%This will be exceeded by the new agreement, was founded in 2014 during a top in Wales, in response toAnnexation of Crimea through Russia. According to the official data NATOIn 2014, three countries respected this goal, while In 2024, twenty three members reached the threshold. The European countries of the Alliance and Canada jointly increased their investments in defense from 1.43% of GDP in 2014 to 2.02% in 2024. The timing for the new goal offers for the new goal 5% reached by 2035With an intermediate overhaul planned for 2029 and a deferred deadline compared to 2032 initially proposed by Rutte.
The Spanish crisis and last minute diplomacy
As stated, the way to the agreement is disturbed and risked it due to the Spanish resistors It came forward the last days before the top. Thursday the first Minister Pedro Sánchez He had sent a letter to the Secretary General Rutte who defined “unreasonable and counterproductive“The goal of 5% and claims that Madrid can respect all his NATO obligations by issuing only 2.1% of GDP. According to the document viewed by theAssociated PresSSánchez had asked for a “More flexible formula“That would make the optional goal or completely exclude Spain from its application.
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