| Title | Document type |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Security and Defence13 Jan. 2025 spending more, spending better, but also producing more, not to provoke war, but to prevent war. NATO Allies have certainly increased defence spending. Two thirds are now spending at least 2% of GDP on defence, and that's good, and I very much welcome | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference13 Jan. 2025 , and authoritarian powers are on march. As democracies, we must stand strong, and we must stand united and, and this is probably the most important, we must take action now. As an Alliance, this means we ramp up defence spending and defence production | Opinion |
NATO Deputy Secretary General in Sweden: Allies must step up support for Ukraine13 Jan. 2025 In her first major public engagement as NATO Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Shekerinska praised Sweden for its increased defence spending, leading defence industry and strong support to Ukraine. Speaking at the annual Folk och Försvar conference | News |
Secretary General urges continued close NATO-EU cooperation to support Ukraine and face growing threats13 Jan. 2025 On Monday (13 January), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte addressed the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Security and Defence. He gave an overview of NATO priorities, including defence spending and production | News |
NATO Secretary General to participate in a joint committee meeting at the European Parliament10 Jan. 2025 , including defence spending and production, and support to Ukraine and answered questions from Members of the European Parliament. | Pressrelease |
NATO Deputy Secretary General to visit Sweden10 Jan. 2025 13 Jan. 2025 In her first major public engagement as NATO Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Shekerinska praised Sweden for its increased defence spending, leading defence industry and strong support to Ukraine. Speaking | Pressrelease |
Joint press statements by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Ivan Kondov and the Minister of Defence of Bulgaria, Atanas Zapryanov19 Dec. 2024 is, at this moment, spending at least 2% of GDP. It is even spending more than 2% of GDP as we agreed a couple of years ago. All our Nations are confronted with deficits in the national budget. It is crucial that we will make sure that we keep defence spending | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General hails Bulgaria’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security19 Dec. 2024 . The Secretary General praised Bulgaria, for its defence spending and long-standing contributions to Euro-Atlantic security, including support to Ukraine. “Bulgaria plays a key role in our security, in the Black Sea and beyond; and it spends at least 2% of GDP | News |
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania18 Dec. 2024 is also a leader in defence spending, investing over 3% of GDP, a figure set to rise to 3.5% soon, and this demonstrates your commitment to NATO's collective defence. And I want to highlight your leadership in stepping up defence production. The recent | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General commends Lithuania for defence production, support to Ukraine18 Dec. 2024 . The Secretary General thanked Lithuania for its significant contributions to NATO and shared security, including its leadership in defence spending and its efforts to boost defence production. He noted that Lithuania is “investing over 3% of GDP” in defence | News |
