Mette Frederiksen says situation is ‘most dangerous’ in many years as she increases defence budget to 3% of GDP
Mette Frederiksen admitted that Denmark and other countries made a mistake by cutting their defence spending as she announced a 50bn Danish kroner (£5.5bn) package, saying: “It must never happen again.”
The Danish prime minister increased defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next two years – up from 2.4% in 2024 – as she said Denmark needed a “massive rearmament” to avoid war.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/denmark-to-spend-billions-on-defence-citing-fears-over-russian-rearmament
Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
Publish date : 2025-02-19 18:17:00
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