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Ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, nearly all member states have lined up behind the new five-percent defense spending target. Only Spain remains hesitant – mainly because Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government doesn’t know how to pay for it.
By Stephan Israel
It is self-deception to believe that Putin can be countered with military pressure alone, writes Lars Pohlmeier from the association International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Further armament entails the risk of a largely destroyed Ukraine and an expansion of the war.
By Experts Table.Briefings
NATO's new five percent target is hardly controversial anymore, only the speed and exactly what expenditure may be counted. The defense ministers will meet on Thursday to clear up the last obstacles three weeks before the summit in The Hague.
By Lisa-Martina Klein
The alliance’s new five-percent defense spending goal is now largely undisputed – only the timeline and the exact accounting of eligible expenditures remain open. NATO defense ministers will meet Thursday to smooth out the final obstacles ahead of the summit in The Hague in three weeks.
By Stephan Israel
Rheinmetall acquired 51 percent of the new joint venture Rheinmetall Resonant South Africa (Pty) Ltd. The Düsseldorf-based Group expects annual sales of EUR 100 million.
By Gabriel Bub
The Polish finance minister said at the finance ministers' meeting in Brussels that he expects an ambitious proposal from the Commission to promote securitization soon. He wants to reach an agreement on the joint defense financing instrument SAFE before the end of May.
By Table.Briefings
Kaja Kallas has now received commitments for around two thirds of her initiative to supply Ukraine with two million artillery shells this year. Friedrich Merz's openness with regard to the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles was also welcomed at the Foreign Affairs Council.
By Stephan Israel
The EU Commission wants to close the capability gaps in defense with European flagship projects and offers itself as a central procurement agency. This emerges from the draft of the White Paper, which is available to Table.Briefings.
By Stephan Israel
China is the largest foreign investor in Cambodia. A Chinese defense company is now investing a lot of money in an industrial park near the capital, Phnom Penh.
By Marcel Grzanna