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Mark Rutte: “The whole of the alliance having committed to the 5% at the…”

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 22:33

This is billions and billions extra. For Italy, it is an increase of defense spending of 10 billion in one year. And then The whole of the alliance having committed to the 5% at the summit in the Hague. So we need the credible path together. So not just simmering around to 2%. And then in 2034, all of a sudden we go from 2 to 5. (22:33–22:37)

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