(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 14 - Italy will struggle to reach defence
spending of 2% of GDP as called for by the US and NATO, Defence
Minister Guido Crosetto said Friday.
"The commitment by almost all NATO countries to increase
military spending by more than 2% has emerged, and I have
reiterated Italy's difficulty connected to the constraints of
the European stability pact," Crosetto said on the sidelines of
a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels.
"You cannot have one type of position here and another two
kilometres away, perhaps they should be agreed politically
together because some countries like ours have difficulty
reaching and maintaining the commitment". (ANSA).
Italy to struggle to reach 2% of GDP on defence - Crosetto
EU Stability Pact constraints weigh heavily says defence min