Berlin has promised that it will meet its 2% NATO spending commitment – but it is going to take some time.German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington last week went as well as expected, given the huge differences between them.However, few areas remain as frosty between Washington and Berlin as the topic of Germany defence expenditure. For the US president did not shy away from repeating what is by now the constant US message recently put clearly, if somewhat inelegantly by a senior US officials: it’s time for Germany ‘to put out or get off …read more
Source: Royal United Services Institute