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World 17 Jun 2026

NATO wants 'credible' spending plans from members at next month's summit

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says member nations must arrive at next month's summit with credible plans to meet the alliance's new five per cent defence spending benchmark. The demand intensifies pressure on Canada, which has faced sharp criticism from Pentagon officials over the absence of a detailed roadmap for future military spending.

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Canada and other NATO nations will be expected to deliver specific, "credible" plans to meet the alliance's new. Benchmark for defence spending when leaders meet next month in Turkey, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says. Rutte spoke with journalists in Brussels on Wednesday ahead of the latest meeting of NATO defence ministers, the. Last gathering before leaders sit down in Ankara. We saw a massive increase in defence investment in 2025, with European allies and. Canada increasing their core defence investment by over $90 billion US." Canada's met its NATO defence spending target. U.S. Department of War officials last month suspended participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD), a Canada-U.S. Bilateral forum that dates back to the Second World War. In stepping back, Pentagon officials cited Canada's unwillingness to provide a clear roadmap for the NATO-mandated increase of.

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