Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:20pm on 25 Jun 2025,Wednesday International
NATO allies have pledged to increase defence and security spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, a major shift from the current 2% guideline. The Hague Declaration, signed at the NATO summit, reaffirmed commitment to Article 5—"an attack on one is an attack on all"—amid growing global threats. Former US President Donald Trump, who previously criticised NATO’s burden-sharing, claimed the move as his success, calling it a “big win for the US, Europe and Western civilisation.” The declaration aims to signal stronger unity ahead of the US elections, where Trump’s views on NATO remain central to transatlantic concerns. (PC: BBC)
