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Secretary General in Munich: Europe needs to step up16 Feb. 2025 Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday and Saturday (14-15 February 2025). He stressed the need for a strong NATO, urging European Allies to increase their defence spending and take on more responsibility while | News |
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the Munich Security Conference14 Feb. 2025 , and that is the best way to get your parts at a table. So I would say, do this. That's positive, much better than to think, "Okay, where are we?" Question Is 5% a realistic goal for NATO Allies to meet on defence spending? Or do you just see | Opinion |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with US Vice President JD Vance in the margins of the Munich Security Conference14 Feb. 2025 and it's really important. And I look forward also, from that perspective, to our talks. And on Europe stepping up, European part of NATO stepping up, you are absolutely right. It has to be done. We have to grow up in that sense, and spend much more | Opinion |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with US Vice President JD Vance14 Feb. 2025 , and spend much more. We have also had to discuss the defence industrial base. This is a problem we have both in the US and in the rest of NATO. We are simply not producing enough. We are not keeping up with the Russians and the Chinese | |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels13 Feb. 2025 . It's a real pleasure to welcome Pete Hegseth again today to NATO. We had a wonderful dinner last night. We discussed a lot of things, obviously, defence spending. Clearly, we have to do more. We have to ramp up defence spending, because we know we | |
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte following the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels13 Feb. 2025 Commander, General Cavoli, to protect our one billion people. To ensure we are fully ready to execute these plans also in the future, we need more military capabilities, and for that we need significantly more defence spending. So there is no time | Opinion |
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels13 Feb. 2025 see a clear convergence, as I said, that we want peace, that the peace has to be enduring, that we have to make sure that Ukraine is in the best possible position, and for the Europeans to step up in defence spending and collectively, to step up | Opinion |
Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers Session13 Feb. 2025 , all, and welcome to this meeting of NATO Defence ministers. We will focus on some key priorities for our summit in The Hague, which is only four months from now, I started to realize it today. So, it's quite soon. Defence spending will be priority | Opinion |
Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels, Belgium13 Feb. 2025 NATO Defence Ministers conclude meeting, focus on defence spending and support for Ukraine 13 Feb. 2025 NATO releases policy | Event |
NATO Defence Ministers conclude meeting, focus on defence spending and support for Ukraine13 Feb. 2025 on defence spending and support for Ukraine 13 Feb. 2025 - | Last updated: 13 Feb. 2025 17:46 | News |
