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NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
Defence spending by NATO's European members and Canada was 20% higher in 2024 than the previous year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday, ahead of a meeting in which they are likely ...
On 17 June 2024, prior to the 2024 Washington summit, Stoltenberg updated that figure and announced that a record 23 of 32 NATO member states were meeting their defense spending targets of 2% of their country's GDP. [163] [164] NATO added that defense spending for European member states and Canada was up 18% in the past year alone. [163] [164]
Many European NATO members have struggled to meet the current 2% defense spending goal. Donald Trump's suggestion that NATO members should allocate 5% of their GDP on defense has prompted mixed ...
Canada already plans to buy surveillance aircraft, helicopters and restock its ammunition supplies. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that he expects around two thirds of the alliance’s 32 member countries to spend 2% of GDP on their defense budgets this year, up from just three countries a decade ago. 06/14/2024 15:06 -0400
Canada is a founding member of NATO and remains a member. In 2019, the Green Party advocated a review of Canadian membership of the alliance. [3] The position of the social-democratic New Democratic Party is complicated; [4] while there is general support for NATO membership within the party, including from former party leaders Jack Layton and Tom Mulcair, [5] the NDP Socialist Caucus ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada would have to double current defense spending by fiscal 2032-33 to achieve its stated goal of meeting NATO targets, an increase that could violate fiscal anchors put in ...