NATO’s Vilnius Summit: What to Expect?
Between negotiating about Ukraine’s future and increased defense spending requirements, NATO leaders will also find time to war game how to respond to a concrete attack from Russia.
Between negotiating about Ukraine’s future and increased defense spending requirements, NATO leaders will also find time to war game how to respond to a concrete attack from Russia.
Despite denials from the White House, von der Leyen ticks all the boxes for Washington, and, for different reasons, is the preferred candidate for Germany and France in a career change that could alter the post-2024 political calculus of the EPP.
“Our weapons and ammunition stocks are depleted,” the NATO chief said, expecting all members to recommit to the 2% GDP defense spending rule at the upcoming Vilnius Summit in July.
For now, NATO’s priority remains Ukraine’s “military victory over Russia,” the NATO Secretary General said.
Ratification is expected before the Turkish parliament goes into recess in mid-April, bringing Finland one step closer to NATO membership.
Another €2 billion was pledged under EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell’s three-step plan to solve the ammunition problem, involving significant production overhaul.
While the move to join NATO without Sweden has overwhelming support and has been long anticipated, there are still some doubts being raised over the decision.
It appears as though no amount of Western well-wishing will speed up any such accession process.
Jens Stoltenberg said Kyiv has a “problem,” but “we have a strategy to tackle that.”
Stoltenberg says NATO’s principal task is to stop the war from spreading westward toward Europe.
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