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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Damien Gayle

Europe’s pledge to spend more on military will hurt climate and social programmes

Armoured vehicles and soldiers pointing guns
According to the Nato proposals, members would increase spending to 3.5% of GDP for ‘hard defence. such as tanks, bombs and other military hardware. Photograph: US Army Photo/Alamy

Europe risks choosing militarism over social and environmental security, economists have warned, as the head of Nato said all 32 members had agreed to increase weapons spending.

Analyses drafted in anticipation of a Nato summit beginning on Tuesday warned of the opportunity cost that higher military spending would pose to the continent’s climate mitigation and social programmes, which are consistently underfunded.

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