NATO Summit, The Hague, Netherlands, June 24-25
Preparations Seek to Ensure a "More Lethal Alliance"
NATO
Defence Ministers met on June 5 in Brussels, in preparation for
the upcoming 2025 NATO Summit of "Heads of State and Government and Key
partners" to be held in The Hague from June 24 to 26. They agreed to
double current levels of military spending to ensure a "more lethal
Alliance, and
ensure warfighting readiness," NATO itself reports. The new defence
spending plan dictated by NATO calls for its members to spend five per
cent of GDP on defence, including 3.5 per cent on core defence
spending, as well as 1.5 per cent of GDP per year on defence and
security-related investment,
including on infrastructure and resilience.
The United States Pentagon has also revealed it is preparing to separate Greenland from Denmark in terms of military planning by reassigning Greenland from the European Command (EUCOM) to the Northern Command (NORTHCOM) (which includes Canada), while Denmark would remain in EUCOM, NATO announced. The change would elevate Greenland as a priority in U.S. defence planning. The threat of annexation, although not specified, is indeed real, the news television network Russia Today points out.
The Defence Ministers also renewed their pledge to continue arming Ukraine and stepping up dangerous attacks against Russia. News reports indicate that escalating nuclear war preparations were also discussed but details were not disclosed.
This agenda for the upcoming NATO leaders' summit is a good
indication of the agenda the G7 Summit will adopt in Kananaskis as
well.
In preparing for the upcoming NATO Summit, the Dutch
government notes that this will be the largest summit ever held in the
Netherlands. It expects up to 6,000 visitors to attend, including
heads of state, foreign ministers, defence ministers and media
representatives. Nothing is said about the contradictions within NATO
itself or the massive opposition of the peoples in the NATO countries
to funding NATO and pay for U.S. military expenses within their
countries and worldwide.
This article was published in
Volume 55 Number 6 - June 2025
Article Link:
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