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“Everyone’s agreed to substantially up their commitment. They’re going to up it at levels that they’ve never thought of before,” Trump told reporters. “The commitment was at 2 percent, ultimately that’ll be going up quite a bit higher than that.”
The statement was disproven by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who said 29 members of NATO simply reiterated that they were planning to gradually increase defense spending to the 2 percent benchmark. No changes were apparently promised on how fast non-compliers like Germany would raise their military budgets, according to statements by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“Everyone agreed to raise spending as they agreed in 2014, and everyone agreed to respect the commitments they made. We reaffirmed a credible budget strategy that meets our needs,” Macron told journalists.
Tag: In Europe
In his first European visit as U.S. President, Trump’s rudeness towards his global counterparts has confirmed his international reputation as a buffoon.
Source: Trump’s evenhanded European tour: Equally offensive to all
The failed integration of Roma is not the reason why Europeans fear refugees, racism is.
Source: Why are Roma blamed for Europe’s rejection of refugees? – Al Jazeera English
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