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“More than half of all member countries achieved defense spending of ‘2% of GDP’ this year”… Graphics are also mobilized
Trump demands significant increase in NATO defense cost sharing (PG)
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(Brussels = Yonhap News) Correspondent Bitna Jeong = The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) responded to former US President Donald Trump’s repeated pressure to increase European defense spending with a ‘counter-public opinion battle’.
In a press release on the 14th (local time), NATO said, “This year, 18 of the 31 member countries will spend 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense,” adding, “This is a six-fold increase compared to 2014.”
This means that for the first time this year, more than half of member countries will achieve the ‘GDP 2%’ goal.
In particular, NATO said, “This year, for the first time, the total defense spending of European member countries is expected to reach 2% of each country’s combined GDP.” He emphasized that the amount amounts to $380 billion (about 507.3 trillion won).
At the same time, a separate graphic showing the latest defense spending growth rates of European member countries was attached.
The day before, former President Trump posted a post on ‘Truth Social’, a social media site he created, requesting an increase in defense spending along with a graphic showing the current status of defense spending by NATO member countries, and he refuted it in the same way.
Defense cost-to-GDP share of European NATO member countries
(Brussels = Yonhap News) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) revealed on the 14th (local time) the trend of defense cost sharing compared to gross domestic product (GDP) of European NATO member countries. NATO emphasized that this year, the defense spending of European member countries will reach 2% of the combined GDP for the first time. 2024.2.14 photo@yna.co.kr [나토 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
In addition, NATO said that the defense spending of European member countries and Canada increased by a total of 11% last year compared to the previous year, calling it an “unprecedented increase.”
Earlier this day, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference:
Publicly criticizing former President Trump
Following this, they responded by highlighting the trend of increasing defense spending in Europe.
It is interpreted that the judgment was made that if former President Trump does not actively respond to the situation where he is pouring out comments criticizing NATO every day during the primary campaign, dissatisfaction among European member countries will not only increase, but as a result, the ‘unity’ that NATO has emphasized may be shaken. .
Secretary-General Stoltenberg, however, emphasized that some European member states “still have a long way to go” to achieve their defense spending goals and that more efforts must be made to achieve the “at least 2% of GDP” figure agreed upon at last year’s NATO summit.
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