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Finland to Exceed NATO Spending Goal

Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen with French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers’ Session on October 15, 2025 in Brussels | Photo: NATO

Finland says it will exceed NATO’s 1.5 percent target for defence- and security-related spending in 2026, reporting an estimated 2.4 percent of GDP under the framework. The government said spending will include preparedness, resilience and homeland defence-related activities beyond the Ministry of Defence.