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Allies to agree new capability targets at meeting of NATO Defence Ministers04 Jun. 2025 that, in order to deliver on our new targets, “we will need significantly higher defence spending. That underpins everything.” The Meeting of NATO Defence Ministers will be preceded by a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) - the international | News |
Doorstep by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the Vilnius Summit with B9 and Nordic countries02 Jun. 2025 . It's good to be in Vilnius and to have this opportunity. As you all know, the NATO Summit is coming up in about - a little bit, a little over three weeks, very much focusing on defence spending and defence production. We know that the Russians | Opinion |
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Vilnius Summit with B9 and Nordic countries02 Jun. 2025 deterrence and defence strong, and our 1 billion people safe. To do that, it is clear that Allies need to spend much, much, much more than we are doing now. And that is why ramping up defence spending and production will be at the top of our agenda | Opinion |
Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the Presidents of Lithuania, Poland and Romania, the Prime Minister of Denmark, and the President of Ukraine at the B9-Nordic Summit in Vilnius02 Jun. 2025 than 4% of GDP in defence this year, and I welcome your plans to spend between 5 and 6 per cent starting from next year. I think this sends an incredibly powerful message of commitment to our collective defence, and it also sets an example for our | Opinion |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Iceland, Kristrún Frostadóttir28 May. 2025 -related spending, doubled your personnel in NATO structures, and taken important steps to strengthen defence tasks at home. Iceland plays a unique and essential role in the High North, which is an area of increasing strategic importance. Your | Opinion |
Address by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, followed by a moderated conversation26 May. 2025 , when threats go unanswered, and when preparations are put off. We must take action now and build up our defences. To delay is dangerous. To make NATO stronger, we must increase defence spending – that underpins everything. Allies will have | Opinion |
Secretary General thanks NATO parliamentarians for key role in strengthening the Alliance26 May. 2025 infrastructure and resilience,” said the Secretary General. He noted the important role of NPA parliamentarians in advocating for higher defence spending with their publics and governments. “You reinforce the bond between NATO and our democratic societies,” he | News |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre22 May. 2025 of the targets we need to reach, the gaps we have at the moment, and we need to fill them, and it will mean spending much, much more than the famous 2% which we committed in 2014 and also, we know we have to spend more when it comes to defence related spending | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General visits Norway’s High North in preparation for the Summit in The Hague22 May. 2025 in The Hague, the Secretary General noted the need to increase defence spending. He emphasised that Allies must invest in order to deliver the capabilities needed to defend NATO not only today, but in the years ahead, "knowing that Russia is actively | News |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof21 May. 2025 and counter terrorism. I would also of course like to thank you for the excellent cooperation in organising the NATO Summit in The Hague. And also the related events on the 24th and the 25th of June next month. Boosting defence spending to strengthen |
