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Ruben Gallego: “We're demanding our European partners to have, you know, go…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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I think that the easier thing is the coordination. The harder thing is the funding, because we're dealing with a lot of countries that have budgets that are overrun. We're demanding our European partners to have, you know, go up to 5% of GDP when it comes to their defense spending. which I'm not against either. So how do we create that international fund that's not going to necessarily benefit Western Europe, Europe in general. (07:14–07:23)

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Asserts that European partners are being asked to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.

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