Wow – that’s getting fairly high for a nation during peacetime. Can’t be great feeling the need to focus that much spending on defence.
No_Detail9259 on
Should have been doing it for the last 10 years.
Nurnurum on
This seems wise, but is strategically risky if they hope to push Trump to be more favorable towards NATO. It is more likely to create more drama down the line.
blueandgold5 on
As an Estonian I think this is too high. It seems like politicians just spurt out increasingly big random numbers with no regard to actual economic possibilities and reason. We could raise it to 20% and we wouldn’t be much better protected than now.
Equal-Ruin400 on
Eastern Europe is always carrying Western Europe
SlowFreddy on
Smart, given the current environment. Each nation needs to do what is necessary to defend their sovereignty.
Kulturconnus on
Good job Estonia! But if you feel a war is on the horizon, you will need to spend 15-20% of your gdp on defense. Don’t put all your hopes on EU having your back.
Remember a couple of months ago when Macron was hosting a summit with European leaders for European defense, he couldn’t find 3 chairs for the 3 Baltic states in his grand palace. Tells you all you need to know.
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Wow – that’s getting fairly high for a nation during peacetime. Can’t be great feeling the need to focus that much spending on defence.
Should have been doing it for the last 10 years.
This seems wise, but is strategically risky if they hope to push Trump to be more favorable towards NATO. It is more likely to create more drama down the line.
As an Estonian I think this is too high. It seems like politicians just spurt out increasingly big random numbers with no regard to actual economic possibilities and reason. We could raise it to 20% and we wouldn’t be much better protected than now.
Eastern Europe is always carrying Western Europe
Smart, given the current environment. Each nation needs to do what is necessary to defend their sovereignty.
Good job Estonia! But if you feel a war is on the horizon, you will need to spend 15-20% of your gdp on defense. Don’t put all your hopes on EU having your back.
Remember a couple of months ago when Macron was hosting a summit with European leaders for European defense, he couldn’t find 3 chairs for the 3 Baltic states in his grand palace. Tells you all you need to know.