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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said yesterday that NATO members need to “shift to a wartime mindset,” and significantly increase defence spending – a sign that Trump’s hardline rhetoric on the alliance could compel a shakeup in European defence budgets. 

  • Rutte argued: “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us,” with Semafor noting the comments followed reports that European NATO countries are weighing hiking their defense spending benchmark to 3% of GDP in 2025.
  • Semafor adds that Trump’s “criticism of member countries who haven’t met the target, coupled with war on European soil, has created new urgency in the continent’s capitals to take defense more seriously, with Rutte pushing a return to Cold War-era budgets: “The threats to our freedom and security are just as big.””

Figure 1: Annual Defence Spending of NATO Countries

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said yesterday that NATO members need to “shift to a wartime mindset,” and significantly increase defence spending – a sign that Trump’s hardline rhetoric on the alliance could compel a shakeup in European defence budgets. 

  • Rutte argued: “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us,” with Semafor noting the comments followed reports that European NATO countries are weighing hiking their defense spending benchmark to 3% of GDP in 2025.
  • Semafor adds that Trump’s “criticism of member countries who haven’t met the target, coupled with war on European soil, has created new urgency in the continent’s capitals to take defense more seriously, with Rutte pushing a return to Cold War-era budgets: “The threats to our freedom and security are just as big.””

Figure 1: Annual Defence Spending of NATO Countries

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