Calls by the Trump administration for Germany and other Nato partners to increase spending on defence have been rejected by Germany.
Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said it was ”quite unrealistic” to believe Germany would spend 2% of its economic output on the military.
Other spending such as development aid, he said, should be taken into account…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told his counterparts in Brussels that by the next Nato summit – to be held in Brussels in less than eight weeks’ time – there should be a commitment to produce clear plans to demonstrate how each country would meet its spending commitments.
”As President [Donald] Trump has made clear, it is no longer sustainable for the US to maintain a disproportionate share of Nato’s defence expenditures,” he said. Läs artikel