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Johanna Urbancik

Germany to comply with Trump's 5% defence spending target, foreign minister suggests

Germany has suggested that it could boost defence spending to 5% of GDP, putting the country in line with US President Donald Trump's demands.

Trump has long urged NATO partners to increase their military expenditure. Initially, he wanted to see each country spend 2% of GDP on defence, but the figure late rose to 5%.

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