Foreign Ministers of NATO Member States (NATO) will meet the second day in Brussels on Friday, strengthening the protective capabilities of the coalition and continuous support for Ukraine. European members and Canada said they were ready to raise defense costs on Friday, but they lost on American demands on the size of their military budgets, especially President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
US President Donald Trump has always called on his friends to increase the cost of defense, saying that Europe’s dependence on a massive defense budget in Washington has increased. “It is important for us to accept the Russian threat,” Canadian Foreign Minister Melania Jolie told reporters at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. And if it is not, I don’t always know how to increase more protective costs. ”
NATO Secretary -General, Mark Rate, defense costs are called to increase the “significantly more than 3 %”, which is expected to be taken at the next summit in June.
French Foreign Minister Jean -Navil Barrow said that his country was aimed at himself between 3 and 3.5 percent, which we are preparing to reach him, which is the level of American defense. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espin Bart said that NATO members are working to set a new cost goal and will announce the next summit meeting in June. But the 5 percent goal is much higher than what the United States spent himself, which is much higher and at the present time we are not ready to adhere to a number. Since it is important to spend too much, it is also important to spend more intelligence. The US Department of Defense data shows that the United States spent 2.7 percent of its gross domestic product in 2024.
Since the onset of the Ukrainian War three years ago, the United States has spent billions of dollars for the protection of the United States, but almost one -third of them are still in NATO, with 2 percent of their GDP allocation. Trump said the United States allies should comply with at least 5 percent of GDP and need an unprecedented investment.
When his first attendance at the NATO member’s foreign ministers’ meetings, US Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio NATO allies have revived the demands of Trump’s demands to increase defensive costs to 5 percent of GDP, which is doubled more than 2 percent.
On Thursday, Rubio gave information that his colleagues in NATO had to accept the “actual way” to reach 5 percent of the defensive cost, which means that Washington would have to increase its costs. Rubio admits that Europe will implement this growth in one or two years.
Although Rubio admitted that it would take a significant time to increase the cost of defense, Washington should look for progress in this file. He said: We want to get out of here by understanding that we are in the real way to achieve the commitment of everything
The NATO member and the implementation of the promise they have made to reach 5 % of the cost, including the United States. Many NATO countries have pledged a significant increase in defensive expenditure, but for most members, including Germany, Trump’s goal is 5 percent unrealistic.
What do Washington want?
Trump, like other American presidents, has always accused the European allies of preparing American protection from Muslim women and reduce them at defensive costs. But he took a tough attitude and threatened not to protect countries that believed to summarize their costs.
Is it possible for a new goal to announce Trump’s victory at the NATO summit in June, as the coalition countries want to increase their budgets?
Since Trump has fueled concerns about relying on the United States, it has announced further plans for further growth. “Since the end of the Cold War, it may be a great increase in defensive expenditure here on the European side of NATO,” said NATO Secretary -General Mark Root. But we still need more. “To achieve plans to deal with Russia, countries should spend more than 3 per cent. Diplomatic NATO’s internal estimates indicate that this percentage is between 3.5 and 3.7 per cent.
Countries that are considered a great threat from Russia have come too far. Poland and Baltic have pledged to reach 5 percent soon. The Germany has paved the way for a significant increase in the cost and announces measures to increase the costs of the European Union. But some countries like Spain, Italy and Canada are still very low than 2 percent of the current NATO target. Access to 5 % will be a huge mission for countries with financial difficulties. According to the Peterson Institute for International Economy, the NATO budget is an increase of 1 1.1 trillion annually. For the United States, which means more than 400 billion.
“For some countries such as Poland and Greece, this is a goal given to the perception of threats,” said Ian Lesser from the German Marshall Fund Research Center, which quoted the French Press Agency. But for other countries, it is certainly far from the current normal mood and other cost needs. One of the ways to increase the amount of definition, which is considered a military expenditure to include border security, cyber security and security. But his router opposed it. The influence of Trump’s war in European economic conditions, “Belgian manni cannot be mentioned” after the trade war and we were insulted and insulted all the time. “
Is Matrou’s compromise?
To date, most European allies have not shown their willingness to move forward. “We have a deal to do more, and we wish us with our tendency towards the peak of Hague to determine the new goal,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espin Bart Eddie. “Of course, five percent more than the United States, which is a very large goal, and we are not ready to adhere to a certain number at the present time.”
Diplomats said the Rubio did not specify the clear period of Washington’s expected date to reach the NATO to five percent, which gives the maneuvering space to reach the solution of the summit.
The negotiations in NATO are expected to begin in NATO in May, and diplomats said they were looking to find innovative solutions to impress everyone. If the United States does not accept a clear agreement to increase costs more than 3 percent, diplomats are advised to postpone any pledge. This means that setting a more realistic number in the short term, 5 percent distant targets. Any Trump will announce the success of the deal and is expected to put it inside the alliance and in the Ukraine war. A diplomat in NATO says it “represents great success.”
