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Can Britain really afford to increase defence spending?
The Independent
|February 18, 2025
Keir Starmer has declared that Europe is "facing a once-in-a generation moment for the collective security of our continent".
He has called on European nations to increase defense spending: "Non-US Nato nations have already increased defense spending by 20 percent in the past year, but we must go further."
President Donald Trump, to the alarm of many, has suggested the present Nato target for member states to spend 2 per cent of their national income on defence should be raised to 5 per cent while US defence secretary Pete Hegseth suggests that the US should de-prioritise protection of Europe in favour of the IndoPacific region. Given Vladimir Putin’s ambitions and actions, there are strong arguments for spending more on security, but equally strong countervailing political pressures.
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