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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 | |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the President of Czechia, Petr Pavel21 May. 2025 % of GDP on defence, and I welcome the commitment you have already made to increase defence spending to 3% in the coming years. Czechia's contributions to NATO's deterrence and defence are highly valued. You contribute to NATO's forward land forces | Opinion |
NATO Secretary General commends Czechia’s commitment to a stronger, fairer and more lethal Alliance21 May. 2025 . The Secretary General praised Czechia as a strong and reliable Ally, highlighting its defence investment and support to Ukraine. “You spend more than 2% of GDP on defence, and I welcome the commitment you’ve already made to increase defence spending to 3 | News |
NATO Secretary General meets with Dutch Prime Minister21 May. 2025 On Wednesday (21 May 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof to NATO Headquarters. The leaders held productive discussions on boosting defence spending, support for Ukraine and the upcoming NATO | News |
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council20 May. 2025 territory. That is, of course, the ongoing threat of Russia, the build-up in China, the military build-up, but also terrorism. So that means we will, no doubt, discuss today, ramping up defence spending, ramping up defence production, but also what we | Opinion |
