The German Ministry of defense refused to obey NATO
The head of the Ministry of defense of Germany Ursula von der Leyen said in the broadcast channel ARD that is not going to increase the budget of his office, the NATO requirement in connection with the crises in Ukraine and Iraq, but also to reduce the budget will not, informs printed illustrated edition Spiegel." The Bundeswehr is currently well-equipped and fully prepared to participate in hostilities. Germany currently invests 1, 3% of GDP in defence, and this percentage is not obliged to fall, " she said, noting that he was not going to follow the requirements of NATO to increase military spending to 2% of GDP. By her expression, " the ultimate goal of the FRG is the consolidated budget and a healthy financial system and a healthy economy in the long term will win and the defense budget." First at the final press conference of the summit, NATO Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that NATO members must move from the reduction of military budgets to increase in a volatile world ", and asked in a persistent form from the member countries of the Commonwealth to spend More than 2% of GDP on its military. Now only the US, UK and Estonia fulfill this requirement in full force.