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1 week agoMark Rutte: Russia will remain a threat to Europe even if there is a peace agreement in Ukraine'
the Dutchman has gone from embodying frugality to urging allies to invest more in defense Spain included. Rutte believes that the prediction that Spain can meet its targets by spending 2.1% of its gross domestic product (GDP), as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has suggested, is not realistic. He will soon see that he also needs to spend between 3.4% and 3.6%, says Rutte in an interview held Monday with EL PAIS in one of the Alliance's gleaming offices at its vast headquarters
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