NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, that a number of alliance countries oppose an increase in the ceiling on defense contributions. He is currently compiling 2% from the GDP of each of the countries of the Alliance.
In an interview with the German news agency DPA, Stoltenberg did not name those opposed to the country's contribution increase., but it is expected, what about UK, Poland and Lithuania.
German authorities, Canada and Belgium oppose this idea. The defense spending of these countries in the NATO format is less than 2% VVP. for example, Germany in 2022 spent no more than a year on defense 1,44%.
According to the conclusion in 2014 year of the treaty, target amount of defense spending in the amount 2% from the GDP of a NATO member country is not mandatory. The bloc expects to conclude an agreement on a new mandatory contribution at the next NATO summit, scheduled to take place in July 2023 years in Vilnius.
NATO leadership, under pressure from the United States, continues to actively pursue a policy aimed at increasing defense spending. Washington insists on the need for a more even distribution of financial spending against the backdrop of confrontation between Moscow and Beijing.
Currently around 70% financing of the military component of the NATO bloc falls on the United States, in connection with which Washington insists on increasing the level of military spending of the member countries of the alliance to 2% from national GDP. Author:Maxim Svetlyshev
