NATO to decide new military spending target

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Wednesday that NATO would set the level of military spending expected from members and it would not be the 5% of GDP US President-elect Donald Trump called for Tuesday, while adding that the percentage should be more than the current 2%, CE Report quotes ANSA.

Whether the bar is set at two and a half, three or four or five, I'm exaggerating by quoting Trump, the next NATO leaders' meeting will decide" but "I don't think it will be five, which at this time would be impossible for almost all nations in the world", Crosetto told reporters in the parliament lobby.

"As I have been saying for some time, it will no longer be the two percent that we are already struggling to reach, but it will be more than two.

"This is nothing new, I've been saying it for a year and a half so I'm sorry to be right.

"The same thing is being asked by Poland, the Baltic States, Germany itself, all countries are asking for an increase in military spending in NATO, it's no secret to anyone".