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Mark Rutte: “In the European system, you have an election cycle of three…”

Featuring: Mark Rutte, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Secretary General of NATO | International

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Live: As Trump considers NATO withdrawal, Mark Rutte delivers speech in Washington DC

Published | Video Starts at 25:40

Please don't talk about 10 year contracts because you know, in the US system, you have a one year cycle. In the European system, you have an election cycle of three or four years. but the money is there. I mean, you just mentioned a 20% increase where, look what the, what, what Europeans are spending in the U.S. it was 10 billion in 2020. (25:40–25:45)

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Asserts that the European defense system operates on a three or four-year election cycle.

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