“Our life insurance”: Pistorius fears NATO’s two percent target “is not enough”. He therefore expects an even higher need for defense spending in the coming years than the two percent of gross domestic product decided by the NATO member states.
“Everyone is now aware that this can only be the starting point because we need more,” says Pistorius. Germany will achieve this goal for the first time this year, thanks to the special fund adopted as a result of the war in Ukraine.