Mark Rutte gave a keynote speech at Chatham House on Monday (9 June), where he proposed a target of 3.5% of economic output on military spending and another 1.5% on “defence-related expenditure”.

Mark Rutte said the US should maintain "a very strong conventional" military presence in Europe despite allegations that Washington is preparing a review of its troop presence on the continent. # ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the alliance will seek to adopt a new defense spending target of 5% of GDP at a June summit, meeting a demand by US President Donald Trump that had ...

NATO’s most recent figures show 23 of its 32 members are on track to spend at least 2 percent by this summer — a sharp jump from the three countries spending that much when the target was set in 2014 ...

The NATO general secretary has called for a 400% increase in air and missile defence spending, claiming member states will need to “start learning Russian” otherwise. Mark Rutte gave a keynote speech ...

NATO allies must commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence, as Russian threat looms, says NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Within three months, Russia develops four times the amount of ammunition ...

Mr Rutte will argue in a speech at London’s Chatham House think-tank that for Nato to maintain credible deterrence and defence, it needs “a 400 per cent increase in air and missile defence”.

Mark Rutte has urged NATO members on Monday to increase air and missile defences by 400%, warning of a possible Russian attack within five years, advocating for higher military spending targets.

OTTAWA, ON, June 6, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte. The leaders discussed the ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will use a speech in London on Monday to say the military alliance needs a 400% increase in air and missile defence, one of the priorities for a summit of members ...

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday that he assumes alliance members will agree to a broad defence spending target of 5% of gross domestic product during a summit in The ...