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  • Defence up to 5% GDP, Ukraine, Russia: Key takeaways from NATO summiteuronews.com· 1y

    Euronews reports the key takeaways from NATO's Hague summit, where leaders committed to raising defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 — 3.5% for core defence and 1.5% for defence-related investments — with Spain and Slovakia balking and Trump threatening Spain would pay twice as much. The short declaration mentions Ukraine only twice and Trump cast doubt on his Article 5 commitment, though he met Zelenskyy on the sidelines and called him "very nice", while Rutte reaffirmed Ukraine's "irreversible path to NATO".

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