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Haiyun Jiang | Through Reuters
It will be a moment of truth for NATO on Wednesday.
Allies were pressed, cajoled and pressured to increase the total of 2% of each member’s total domestic product, and even some struggled to meet the lower target.
The 32 member state is expected to lighten the growth of the state on Wednesday – NATO ambassadors agreed in principle – but the action and deadline can still slide.
The U.S. commitment also focuses on the focus of the US President Donald Trump’s defense contribution to the Canadian and European allies for decades.
As soon as the summit was thrown on Tuesday, Trump, NATO’s central defense tenet (Article 5), the central tenet of the Society (Article 5) has emerged.
“There are numerous definitions of Article 5. You know that, isn’t it?” Trump said journalists were the first about the air forces. “But I’m eager to be friends, you know, I’m a friend who I am friends with many of the many leaders and help them.”
Military Coalition Secretary General Mark Rutte, Washington’s refusal to block the block, “US President and the US President and NATO have a total commitment to NATO’s membership in NATO NATO” convinces allies.
“However, it comes with expectations. We will finally treat this giant irritant, which we do not spend enough like Europeans and Canadians,” said Rutte Tuesday.
‘Time to be serious’
NATO members took a hostage to protect GDP in 2014, but some countries such as Canada and Spain have struggled to meet with this threshold.
Other member states, especially those in the northern and eastern areas of the bloc and those near the enemy in Poland and Estonia – this goal exceeded this goal.
Spain, which is the lowest part of GDP in the union, said that the increase in the increase of up to 5% of GDP has already passed the PARAPET to risk the risk of Trump.
Madrid also wants More comfort when you have to raise defense costsLike Belgium hosting NATO headquarters. Italy, saying that it will only reach 2% this year, sounded skepticism on the new target, After last week, the union asks the point clearly.
NATO’s Rutte said that Spain’s Likes will draw numerous diplomatic efforts to convince the goals and members of the summit to accept higher expenses.
“Of course, these are difficult decisions, let’s be honest about it. Seven or eight countries were not even at the beginning of this year, even 2% were not even targeted … but now this year did it.”
“But you are, the countries should find money, it is not easy, it is political decisions, and at the same time, there is an absolute confidence with my colleagues, taking into account the international security situation.”
Other heads of state, foreign and defense ministers told CNBC that they hoped that the allies would fall on the line, he said.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Sheo said the CNBC said to CNBC today, “Today will bring together”, other European leaders could not rule out the possibility of a consensus on an ambitious cost target.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he could not say “exclude any problem” to CNBC on Tuesday.
“You can provide this union. I say it will be a value with a very strong NATO union, and this will be our message to the meeting tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur, 32 NATO members should be compromised.
“I would say that the real result is that we will reach 5% to 35 (20)” resources), of course, we will not reach a consensus every year. But I believe this percentage or this probability is very low, “he said.
EU, Prime Minister of Euroskeptic Hungary Viktor Orban, said that the EU budget deficit and debt between the bones of the disputes between Budapest and Brussels did not restrict budget deficit and debt.
“Keep the regulation, and no one could fulfill 5% in the European Union,” he told CNBC on Wednesday. Trump Prump PM, carsing collateral, the “ego” of the Leader of the White House, said the president is “common.”
Trump, for journalists on Wednesday, “I told them to last until 5% and said they went to 5% … I think it will be a great news and NATO will be very strong.” He sat next to the US leader, “without President Trump without President Trump.” “
