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BRUSSELS (Dagbladet): NATO Allies hold their breath before the summit today, where no one else knows how US President Donald Trump will act [19659002] For whom Trump comes with downsizing and monetary needs, without securing the United States Disregarding his obligations to NATO and without congratulating his European NATO allies for their support to the American security, it runs the risk of crossing a border.
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NATO countries owe American money
On the way to the summit, Trump returns with a blow to his allies in Europe. Trump reiterated the message that several NATO countries are having paid to the alliance and it is unfair that US taxpayers must take the bill. If they want to pay us back, Trump's rhetorical questions were in Twitter's report yesterday afternoon
According to the latest NATO overview, Norway will account for 1, 6% of GDP in 2018 and is one of the countries that has recently received a refusal letter. Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who came to Brussels last night, said this about Trump's criticism:
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– Get the most defense power
On TV 2 issues, if it's not just punching to reach two percent and s & To ensure that the alliance lasts, Solberg responds:
– We have the responsibility for the Norwegian people that we use taxpayers' money for the greatest possible defenses. And then, in the way that Norway plans, which are long-term plans of four years, it follows that there is a connection between what we are and what we receive as a defense method. We are buying new fighter jets, new submarines, new artillery pieces and new surveillance planes. Significant efforts are being made. And Norway uses the most perennial nest at NATO. She says NATO countries should be proud of what they accomplished these years
– Do you think that Trump should instead focus on criticism? Countries that have not gone far enough?
– I'm not saying what Trump should do, but at this NATO meeting, we should be proud of what we actually got. We have done a lot more in four years than it has been for a long time at NATO. The resolutions that were taken were followed. We reversed the decline in spending and increased defense budgets. In addition, we have modernized to defend the money spent, "she says.
She also recalls that Norway has called for changes in NATO's command structure
After lengthy and demanding negotiations At NATO, there is an agreement on a communication that will show a unified and strengthened NATO. However, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said last afternoon that he can not guarantee unanimity before the declaration is cut off by heads of state and government. Politicians and tired diplomats say, more or less, that they do not know what's going on.
Sources tell Dagbladet that over time, the understanding of the reality between Americans and European countries. The decision made in Wales in the summer of 2014 was a compromise. Trump has long hindered the goal of 2% of GDP defense being absolute and should have been achieved yesterday, although the resolution states that it will seek to achieve this goal in 2024. [19659002] European countries are more concerned that the decision is a political goal to turn the cuts into defense for climbing, and a goal to increase to 2 percent. In 2018, only eight countries, including the United States, spend 2% of their GDP on defense.
In a letter to Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Trump recently pointed out that Norway is the only country bordering Russia. Trumps wrote a travel letter to several countries that he believes to be "behind" with the payment, and was particularly angry with Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a meeting with NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg a few weeks ago that Germany would reach 1.5% of GDP in 2025.
– GDP will increase
– The wording about the 2 percent goal in Wales was a compromise. Is Trump imposing its interpretation on European countries?
– No. We are strongly in agreement at the Cardiff meeting and we are going in the direction of 2%. It is always possible to spend more money on defense. But this must be done systematically and appropriately to ensure that we get the fighting power of every dollar we spend in Norwegian defense. Then we have to use the model we have for it, and it is to make long term plans. And with regard to the next long-term plan, we said that we will go further in the share of GDP, "said Erna Solberg.
Yesterday, the President of the EU Donald Tusk delivered a contradictory speech with a direct message to Trump.He asked Trump to appreciate the solidarity between the United States and Europe, not just thinking about money.
– Dear President Trump: The United States has not and will never have a better alliance than Europe Today, Europeans use a lot more defense than Russia, and as far as China.Mr President, I do not think you can doubt that this is an investment in US and European common defense and security, "said Tusk
– Understanding that the EU meets Trump
NATO sources believe that it It is the expression of a growing and growing annoyance in the European countries of NATO against the Trump style.
On Dagbladet's questions about Tusk's speech, there was a way for European countries to resign:
"There have been a lot of statements from Trump to the EU, which in my opinion are historically incorrect and are incorrect.It is true that much of the EU cooperation we have today is based on the desire of the United States to be strong. and to prevent war, remember that the EU was first and foremost a peace project, so with some historical knowledge, what it said about the EU, I understand that the leaders Europeans can be provoked.
– Should continue to negotiate
On NTB's question on the link between Trump and NATO
– I think it's stupid, because I think that we should hold the debate on security policy.It's an important cooperation for a long time.I think so that it will be dan It's in the US interest not to mix the two things right now.
– For this meeting, we will focus on security and defense capabilities, so we will stick to it. Because there are quite a few countries among Trump's allies, apparently the trade measures he's introduced in Europe are a bit odd, for example, using security laws against his closest allies ", Says Solberg
