Rutte ber om 3% av BNP til Forsvar og at vi må sette oss selv i krigsmodus - Stars & Stripes

 

Mitt gamle forslag står ved lag: Vi må endre 3% handlingsregelen av Petroleumsfondet,  og gå for 5 % hvorav 2% settes av til Forsvar av fondet, altså til militære formål. Krigsmodus: Umulig i Norge.  (Red.)

NATO chief tells public in member countries to clamor for defense spending rise

By 

John Vandiver

Stars and Stripes • December 12, 2024

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks with Rosa Balfour, director of the Carnegie Europe think tank, in Brussels on Dec. 12, 2024. In a speech beforehand, Rutte urged Europeans and Canadians to start calling on their governments to raise defense spending. (NATO)

The top official in the U.S.-led NATO alliance issued a direct appeal Thursday to residents of countries in the bloc, asking them to demand big increases in defense spending in the face of Russia’s aggression.

Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s comments amount to the most forceful and direct call from a NATO leader in years to ramp up spending on the military. They come as allies prepare for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.