“If we are talking about hard defense expenses, I think 3.5 percent are probably the upper ceiling … what can be accepted in a sense,” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
He noted that 5 % threshold It can be a long -term goal if wider expenses, such as critical infrastructure, would be covered by an umbrella expenditure.
“So it really depends on how we settle it,” he noted.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reportedly suggested That NATO members should increase defense expenditure to 3.5 percent. GDP, while allocating an additional 1.5 percent on wider security issues.
Will it work? The chances are not big. It is enough to mention that many countries have a problem all the time to meet the level of defense expenditure of 2 percent.
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Low defense expenses are still the object of great criticism on the part of US President Donald Trump. It is not surprising. NATO estimates indicate that the United States spent about 3.4 percent. your GDP for defense in 2024. Only two other allies – Poland and Estonia – allocated most of their economic strength to security issues during this period.
Poland has also committed to increasing defense expenditure to a level of up to 5% in the coming years, while other countries were more cautious, warning that such expenses can be difficult to manage for them.
