Pedro Sánchez is not just within the headquarters of the Take. At the door of the summit this week in Hague (Netherlands)two members of the Atlantic Alliance have joined their claims to Do not reach 5% of GDP in defenseas the Secretary General, Mark Rutte claims, and as Donald Trump demands.
If the Spanish president appeared urgently this weekend to close an agreement that would limit the expense of Spain to 2’1% In everything related to military affairs, shortly after it was the own Routte who questioned His words. The NATO president and former head of Government of the Netherlands stressed that the commitment of Spain reached 3’5%.
Sánchez claimed that 5% destined for defense would greatly compromise “the welfare state” and investment in key issues such as social pensions or aid. That is why he has sought an alternative figure, which Now fight with NATOand the one who have added two other members.
First it was Belgiumthat in the previous one confirmed that it would not reach the commitment of 3’5% “neither in the medium term“, as his Foreign Minister, Maime Prévot, expressed, claiming” maximum flexibility “for the summit. On it, he added” taking weeks working to obtain the expected flexibility mechanisms. “
This Tuesday early, Slovakia also announced its refusal to go beyond the 2% that already allocates and that reserves “the sovereign right” to decide how to achieve the 5% target marked by the alliance by 2035.
“The Slovak Republic, Like Spainhas to reserve the sovereign right to decide At what rhythm and with what structure is willing to increase the budget of the Ministry of Defense to achieve the NATO Plan in 2035, “said the Central European Prime Minister, populist Robert Fico, severely beaten by the country’s deficit.
The military block now wants that its members, within ten years, dedicate the 5% of GDP to defensealthough it admits a 3.5% breakdown of strictly military expense and a 1.5% investment in dual infrastructurethat is, they serve for civil and military purposes.
