Stoltenberg: NATO Will No Longer ‘Strive For’ 2 Percent, It Will Be a Requirement

Published on July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON–NATO leadership is working to ensure that all 32 of its member states meet a minimum defense expenditure annually. Speaking to a forum of international defense industry leaders on July 9, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance’s ambition to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense will be considered a requirement rather than an aspiration. “This is a result of a collective decision and collective responsibility,” Mr. Stoltenberg said. “It’s not good enough what we do now. We will do [the] work.” NATO first adopted the goal of having its members contribute 2 percent of their GDP to defense in 2014, when Russia first invaded Ukraine. At that time, only three members met the threshold. By 2020, only nine did so....

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