NATO: Meloni says we will make efforts to increase spending further in 2027
“But I wouldn’t go any further than that, given my current commitments”
(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - “Today, our defence spending stands at 2.8 per cent of gross domestic product,” she said, “next year we will strive to increase this further, to improve still further, and we will honour our commitments”. This was confirmed by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, at a press conference following the NATO summit in Ankara.
"But the commitments we have pledged to honour," he added, "seem to me to be the right ones at this time. I would not go beyond them. I believe they are commitments that are worth honouring today, even if they are not recognised, even if they are not popular."
"This politically motivated accusation that Italia is closing hospitals to buy tanks," the Prime Minister emphasised, "is ridiculous. Ridiculous," she repeated. "Wherever I have the means to strengthen defence and security, I will do so for as long as I can."
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