Morphine Prince 110,022 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defense. "There is no debt account at NATO," von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance's target for members to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO. "Defense spending also goes into UN peacekeeping missions, into our European missions and into our contribution to the fight against IS terrorism," von der Leyen said. She said everyone wanted the burden to be shared fairly and for that to happen it was necessary to have a "modern security concept" that included a modern NATO but also a European defense union and investment in the United Nations. Trump said on Twitter on Saturday - a day after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington - that Germany "owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!" German defense spending is set to rise by 1.4 billion euros to 38.5 billion euros in 2018 - a figure that is projected to represent 1.26 percent of economic output, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-germany-defence-idUSKBN16Q0D8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji 20,113 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 17 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: Britain's May to launch EU divorce proceedings on March 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Benji said: When even Reuters makes lowkey fun at this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagamel 3,410 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Jesus christ he will literally get in a fight with every single ally the US has.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 6,707 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 If NATO breaks up... wouldn't Russia get what it wants? The real reason that organisation exists is to counter Russian influence and power in Europe. This anti- IS is a side project. If NATO gets weakened, Europe will be vulnerable again. After what happened in Ukraine, is this really something to screw with? Stand in the light, cast your shadow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fame Joanne 5,985 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 The fact that he demands money from other countries via Twitter and Merkel already said that we will increase our military budget to 2%. We will pay the money he wants at the same day, Mexico pays for the wall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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