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Estonia’s government approved the multi-billion Euro plans that will see the Baltic country boost its defence investments to over 5% of GDP, in line with Trump’s demands for NATO members.

Rutte was in Washington on Thursday for meetings with senior US officials, two months before he’s due to chair a summit of US President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts in the Netherlands.

The Spanish Prime Minister confirmed an additional €10.4 billion investment in defence and security to bring the country’s spending from 1.28% of GDP in 2024 to the 2% NATO target agreed in 2014.

The Romanian Navy deployed its forces to the full in the Black Sea, with dozens of ships, patrol planes, helicopters, and thousands of military personnel taking part in the large naval exercise.

As US President Donald Trump’s pauses his recent barrage of tariffs on küresel trading partners, NATO allies are alerted to signals pointing to diminished US engagement in defending the alliance.

The head of the transatlantic military alliance stressed that China’s military build-up and support for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine should not be overlooked, as he called on NATO members to work together and assess the issue.

This week’s key events presented by Euronews’ defence and finance reporter Paula Soler.

While there has been no official announcement about any reduction in US military numbers in Europe, President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants NATO to do more to defend its own region.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reassured allies that Donald Trump is not anti-NATO and that the country will remain in the alliance, but he’s also asking his counterparts to make sacrifices and raise defence spending to 5%.

If anyone were to make a miscalculation, thinking that they would be able to attack Poland without consequences or attack any other ally, our Alliance would respond forcefully,” the NATO Secretary General stressed in Warsaw.