US pressures NATO to seal deal on ramping up defence spending
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 5, 2025 US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at a summit this month. The volatile US leader has demanded that alliance members boost defence budgets to five percent of their GDP at the June 24-25 meeting in the Netherlands. NATO chief Mark Rutte has put forward a compromise agreement for 3.
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 5, 2025
US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at a summit this month.
The volatile US leader has demanded that alliance members boost defence budgets to five percent of their GDP at the June 24-25 meeting in the Netherlands.
NATO chief Mark Rutte has put forward a compromise agreement for 3.
US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at a summit this month.
The volatile US leader has demanded that alliance members boost defence budgets to five percent of their GDP at the June 24-25 meeting in the Netherlands.
NATO chief Mark Rutte has put forward a compromise agreement for 3. 
