Tag: Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

NATO sees German defence spending at €90.6B

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during his speech at the Wilson Center in Washington D.C. | Source: NATO

A new NATO overview says the record €90.6B on defence expenditure, to which Berlin committed for the first time this year, corresponds to a 2.12 percent share of the forecast German GDP, and is higher than expected at the beginning of the year.

NATO allies fed up with Berlin opposing name of new Ukraine mission

Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on April 29, 2024 | Photo: NATO

NATO allies are planning to launch a new project in support of Kiev, dubbed “NATO Mission Ukraine“, at their next summit in Washington. The German government is reportedly concerned that designating the project a mission could be understood as NATO planning to send troops to Ukraine, and prefers the name, “Pledge Assistance Coordination Training” – or “PACT“.