NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced Saturday that member countries will have to increase their defense spending significantly, exceeding 3 percent of GDP. This is in contrast to the current 2 percent target agreed upon over a decade ago. U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing for allies to commit at least 5 percent of their GDP to defense, which he believes is necessary to counter the growing threat from Russia and meet the demands of rearming while supporting Ukraine.
Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-rutte-nato-defense-spending-target-considerably-more-3-percent-munich-security-conference