On Wednesday, the Czech government decided to gradually increase defense spending by 0.2 percent of GDP per year until 2030, when they should reach three percent of GDP. After the meeting of the Cabinet, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala announced it on Wednesday, TASR writes according to the portal idnes.cz.
Fiala expects the defense budget of the Czech Republic to increase to 2.2 percent of GDP in accordance with the plan in 2026. At the same time he is according to him Possible that NATO Member States will agree on an even more ambitious increase in defense expenditure. US President Donald Trump requires up to five percent of GDP.
“It’s a minimum inevitable,” The Czech Prime Minister said with reference to the goal of spending three percent of the gross domestic product on defense in 2030. Increasing is in his words minimal Due to the difficult international situation also war in Ukraine. However, it wants to realize in a way for a country to have a country The benefit not only in terms of safety, but the whole economy.
“Who says Russia does not endanger us, does not tell the truth,” He added Fiala after the government meeting. He reminded that The Allies from the United States clearly say Europe that it has to worry more for its safety. “Freedom is not free,” The Minister of Defense Jana Černochová stated.
By the government approved The plan will “appear in the draft budget for next year, which will reach the Chamber of Deputies no later than 30 September”, The Czech portal of the Minister of Finance Zbyňka Stanjura quoted. The Prime Minister has recently announced this step in an extraordinary speech in which, among other things, he said that The international order is undergoing the biggest change since the fall of communism and the Czech Republic should try to get the most out of it.
