Spain has not benefited from an “exemption” regarding the commitment of NATO countries to dedicate 5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to its safety, said Secretary General of the Mark Rutte Alliance on Monday.
“NATO does not have an exemption clause,” he said before the press, after the statements of the Chief of the Spanish Government Pedro Sánchez alleging that Spain had obtained from being exempt from this 5%commitment. A summit scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in The Hague must dedicate the commitment of the 32 NATO countries to have this goal.
Bring 5% defense and security expenses of the gross domestic product (GDP), As required by NATOIt is “unreasonable” for Spain, said Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez last Thursday in a letter to the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance Mark Rutte.
“For Spain, commit to achieving a 5% goal would not only be unreasonable, but also counterproductive,” said the socialist leader in this letter sent a few days before a NATO summit in Hague before acting an increase in the security expense of the country of the alliance.
For its part, Germany establishes a continuous increase in the power of its defense effort to reach 3.5 of GDP in 2029, government sources on the eve of the presentation of the planning of the national budget said on Monday.
Military expenditure will represent 2.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year, against 2% currently, before climbing 3.5% in 2029, one of the objectives that NATO countries knew in Haye this week.
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Source: BFM TV
