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A infografia mostra dados escolhidos sobre as despesas de defesa da NATO.
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É provável que a cimeira da NATO se centre na despesa da aliança

July 11, 2018 - July 12, 2018 - Maior “partilha de encargos” deverá ser tema na cimeira da NATO em Bruxelas, quando apenas oito dos 29 membros cumprem os seus compromissos de gastar pelo menos dois por cento do PIB em defesa.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called on fellow members to shoulder a bigger share of the NATO budget.

Under current projections, only 15 of the allies will be spending at least two percent of their GDP on defence by 2024 – a target agreed upon by all member countries in 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea – according to a Reuters report.

Spain has said it will not meet the 2024 target. Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Norway and Denmark are also lagging. Hungary expects to meet the goal only by 2026.

France will increase its defense spending by more than a third between 2017 and 2025, but Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is not expected to reach the two percent target by 2024.

NATO data shows that Britain, Greece, Romania and the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania meet, or are close to, the two percent goal. France and Turkey are among those countries set to reach it soon.

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PUBLISHED: 22/06/2018; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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