On January 14th, German Chancellor Scholz once again opposed US President elect Trump’s previous demand for NATO countries to increase their defense budgets to 5% of their gross domestic product during a campaign event in Bielefeld. Scholz said that a defense budget of 5% of GDP means military spending will exceed 200 billion euros, while Germany’s current federal budget is even less than 500 billion euros. But Scholz promised to adhere to the goal of NATO member states’ military spending accounting for at least 2% of their gross domestic product. On the 9th of this month, German Chancellor Scholz made it clear during an online interview program that he opposed Trump’s request for NATO countries to increase military spending.
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