Defence spending: Twelve EU Member States request activation of SGP escape clause
Twelve EU Member States have submitted a request to the EU Commission to activate the national escape clause under the Stability…
Bruegel Analysis: Defence and climate – Seven points for a common agenda
While there will be a trade-off when it comes to public spending – especially in the budgets of countries with…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “To Prevent War, NATO Must Spend More”
In his first major speech as NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defence spending…
Defence spending for NATO allies: Sustaining the effort in the long-term
The issue of the appropriate level of defence spending for each NATO Ally is as old as NATO itself. It…