FLASH
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It has been one of his obsessions for a long time. Those who do not spend enough on defense as agreed within NATO do not deserve the support of their allies.
At a rally in Conway, South Carolina, Donald Trump reiterated this in a very blunt way, as is his style: he said in effect that he would not hesitate to "encourage" countries like Russia to "do whatever the hell want" with NATO countries not honoring their financial commitments, reluctant to increase their defense contribution to 2% of GDP.
An explosion that the White House of Joe Biden - his opponent in the presidential race in November - described as "scary and crazy", while the Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg specified that "NATO remains ready to protect all allies her.
Any hint that allies will not defend each other - he warned - jeopardizes all our security, including that of the United States, and puts American and European soldiers at greater risk.
Those who honor their commitments
In addition to the United States (3.49%), Poland (3.9%), Greece (3.01%), Estonia (2.73%), Lithuania (2.54%), also fulfill NATO's commitment to the ratio of defense spending to GDP. Finland (2.45%), Romania (2.44%), Hungary (2.43). %), Latvia (2.27%), United Kingdom (2.07%) and Slovakia (2.03%).
Who does not respect them
In the rear are Luxembourg (0.72%), Belgium (1.13%) and Spain (1.26%). Below the 2% target and therefore on Trump's "black list" are also: Turkey, Slovenia, Canada, Italy, Portugal, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Albania, Croatia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro and France. (the latter for a short time, is at 1.9%). Finland, a new member of NATO, is just under 2%, but has pledged to bring spending to 2.3% of gross domestic product and can therefore count on the "shield" of an America-led Trump.
NATO burden sharing
Therefore, the issue of burden sharing, that is, respecting the commitments made at the NATO Summit between the Heads of State and Government, held in Wales in September 2014, is still a very hot topic.
Burden sharing involves the efforts of each member state to aim, until 2024, to achieve the 3 objectives. They are the expenses for defense as much as 2% of the GDP, 20% of the Defense budget goes for investments and the third objective is the contribution to NATO missions, operations and other activities. In the event of Trump's victory in November, it is a safe bet that the burden-sharing file will be forced back to the fore at the top of the Atlantic alliance.
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