NATO's future

Hegseth: Some NATO countries need to "do more"

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that "many" NATO allies are fulfilling their defense commitments. At the same time, other countries need to do more, he believes.

- NATO must return to being a real and tough military alliance, with real capacity to meet threats and defend Europe, he says at a press conference according to TT.

Both NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Hegseth are talking about a version 3.0 of NATO, which should be able to do more to meet military threats.

Rutte: Not a problem that the US is withdrawing NATO support

NATO chief Mark Rutte says that the US is moving away from Europe by reducing the American forces that are supposed to support in a crisis, writes AFP.

- In some cases, it has been presented as a problem that the US is withdrawing from its allies. But that is not the reality, he says, and believes that NATO has been too dependent on American support.

He believes that the United States has therefore adjusted its promised contribution. Instead, member states should provide more resources to NATO, to compensate for the American loss.

Last week, there were reports that the United States is, among other things, withdrawing a third of its fighter jets.

The press conference is being held in connection with a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels.