Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob has called for an expansion of the definition of "defense spending," which he believes will help meet U.S. demands for increased security spending within NATO. This is reported by UNN with reference to the publication Bloomberg.
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According to Robert Golob, Slovenia and several other NATO countries have united to promote a unified methodology for calculating defense spending in the coming weeks and to present a proposal to Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The Slovenian Prime Minister stated that NATO currently does not have a single standard as to what is considered security spending.
We cannot afford to spend 5% of GDP on defense and remain competitive if we cannot combine these two areas
It is noted that Slovenia will support the proposal to include investments in the EU defense industry in this definition.
Recall
NATO allies have begun to develop an agreement on a significant increase in defense spending in a way that could satisfy US President Donald Trump's demand to spend 5% of GDP on military needs.