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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Denmark to spend billions on defence, citing fears over Russian rearmament

Denmark’s prime minister in Copenhagen.
Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen at the Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

Mette Frederiksen admitted that Denmark and other countries made a mistake by cutting their defence spending as she announced a 50bn Danish kroner (£5.5bn) package, saying: “It must never happen again.”

The Danish prime minister increased defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next two years – up from 2.4% in 2024 – as she said Denmark needed a “massive rearmament” to avoid war.

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