UK set to back Nato push for 3.5% of GDP defence spending by 2035

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Despite the dilemma of Prime Minister Sir Care Starmer, the United Kingdom is expected to return to NATO for at least 1.5 percent of GDP for GDP by 5.

After the pressure of US President Donald Trump, the NATO Secretary-General Mark is currently pushing all members to agree to a significantly higher target than 1.5 percent compared to 2 percent. Additional 1.5 percent for fields such as protection and protective-related infrastructure will be noticed, add up to 5 percent of total.

NATO Defense ministers, including John Hilly in the UK, will meet at the Brussels’ alliance headquarters on Thursday and will be ready to approve their new target, officials told the Financial Times.

However, the time is possible for the labor government possible because it tries to balance the defense expenses with public finance and many popular welfare cuts that have hit its position in the survey.

Monday launched the long -awaited Starmar UK Review of strategic defenseBill has been billed as one of the largest overhals of the UK armed forces in a century, but refused to be committed on a certain date for defense expenditure.

The Prime Minister said that he could “be supplied 100 percent” but still refused to give a precise date.

By 2035, supporting NATO pressure will raise new questions about where the money that will come from to increase defense expenses. Starmer’s government has said that it will cut the International Assistant Budget by cutting the budget to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2.5 percent by 2027.

The next parliament will increase the $ 85 billion from $ 85 billion to $ 85 billion in defense expenditure in the next parliament, while it will increase the $ 100 billion in 2035 in 2035.

Trump Claimed The NATO allies who are committed to promote their defense expenses to 5 percent of GDP in the next decade, there is a level that the level of the US officials “will” equal “the burden of Europe will” equal “.

NATO diplomats said that the US President who agreed to Trump’s claim was a prerequisite to attend the NATO leaders’ summit later this month.

Other leaders are hoping that by promising to hurt this goal, Trump will not repeat its threat to reduce US security for Europe’s NATO allies and to reduce American troops and weapons deployment on this continent.

Under a plan painted by route, 5 percent of the target will be 3.5 percent on the original defense expenditure and 1.5 percent on the protective-aged issue in cyber protection and military mobility infrastructure. Most allies already hit 1.5 percent of the part, which means 3.5 percent of the main defense expense is the big challenge for members.

“I assumed that we would agree with the aim of a total of 5 percent of the high defense expenses in the HEG,” the route said during the US visit last week, the US Secretary of Secretary echoed Marco Rubio’s previous comments.

Downing Street refused to comment on Starmar’s remarks on Monday that the government was adopting a “NATO-first procedure”.

Lord George Robertson, a former NATO secretary-general and co-authors of the UK SDR report, told Newsizent’s Podcast on Tuesday that Route “was right to achieve a goal.

Robertson said, “I can see that it will be extremely difficult for many countries.”

Additional Report of Gym Picard in London