NATO Leaders Meet in The Hague for Historic Summit 🇳🇱

NATO leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and renewed their “ironclad commitment” to mutual defense in an historic move that comes at the time of an increasingly belligerent Russia.

The decision from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 32 members at their high-stakes summit in The Hague is a major win for Donald Trump who has repeatedly lambasted his European allies for underspending on security. The US president, who wavered in his commitment in the lead-up to the summit, on Wednesday called it a “tremendous” gathering and pledged his backing for Article 5, which requires members to defend each other from attack.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/nato-leaders-endorse-historic-plan-to-boost-defense-spending

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