NATO report: Last year, the government allocated only 1.6% of GDP to defense

The Romanian government spent less money on defense in 2023, only 1. 6% of GDP and not 2% or 2. 5% as President Klaus Iohannis wants), according to the data contained in the official NATO report on last year presented last Thursday by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg), after spending 1. 75% of GDP in 2022 and 1. 88% of GDP in 2021. The only year in the last four in which military spending reached 2% of GDP was the first pandemic year - 2020, when the Orban government gave 2. 01% of GDP to defense. continuă pe Ziarul Bursa