According to the publication, NATO plans to announce on February 14 that 18 of its 31 member states will meet the requirement to spend 2% of their GDP on defense spending this year. In 2023, only 11 out of 31 NATO countries achieved this goal.
The FT attributes the increase in spending to increased threats of new aggression from Russia, as well as the possibility of the re-election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, who has rebuked his European allies for not spending money enough.
