Jens Stoltenberg says Berlin should raise its military budget to the same level as during the Cold War.
Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said increased military spending was necessary in light of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
“During the Cold War, when Konrad Adenauer or Willy Brandt ruled, defence spending was between 3% and 4% of economic output,” Stoltenberg said, in a translation of an interview published in Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspapers at the weekend. Stoltenberg recalled the decision of the July Nato summit in Vilnius, according to which 2% of gross domestic product for military spending was “the minimum” – though Berlin continues to fall short of reaching this target.Stoltenberg said as a former prime minister of Norway, he knows how difficult it is to budget more money for defence when higher spending on health, education or infrastructure is also necessary. But if tensions rise, defence spending must be increased, he said.
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