The 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague focused on increasing national security expenditure, with Germany leading a significant military rearmament effort. Chancellor Friedrich Merz aims to build the Bundeswehr into the strongest conventional army in Europe by 2031, with plans to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP.

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