OR Sweden will achieve the scheduled new goal of NATO Prime Minister Ulphrostason said about 5% of GDP defense spending, uniting a number of countries that increase their commitments in view of a major summit of alliance leaders.
Sweden, the youngest member of NATO, will formalize the target after the Hague summit this month, Christrson told reporters on Friday (13.6.2025), after his government earlier this year pledged to spend 3.5% of its economic production by 2030.
The allies of the North Atlantic Pact Organization are expected to agree to the Hague session in costs of at least 3.5% of the gross domestic product for basic military requirements and an additional 1.5% for wider safety -related infrastructure costs.
The expected decision is an attempt to soothe US President Donald Trump, who has demanded European allies to drastically increase spending. Several US presidents have protested before him have protested the poor defense spending of Europeans.
NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte expressed the belief that an agreement would be reached for the target of 5% of the expenditureBut he told reporters at a joint press conference with Christrson in Stockholm that the timetable for his achievement remains a matter of consultations, without giving further clarification.
Route’s office has released a proposal that included a deadline by 2032, as Bloomberg previously reported. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tayyani said yesterday that a decade would be reasonable to achieve the increase. Other members of the Alliance have requested for faster action. “This is the moment when Europe has to take more responsibility for our own defense,” Christterson told reporters at a press conference, referring to a “new, ambitious goal” 5%.