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Pepijn @Pepijn@mastodon.online

6/26/2025, 7:15:23 AM

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With the new NATO '5% of GDP' standard the Dutch government just committed to spending 13% of the entire government budget on military and military-adjacent stuff*.

It seems most journalists just report the 5% and not many make this calculation to a percentage of the actual government budget.

How's this reported in your country?

edit: I've added a table with numbers for all NATO countries in a child post.

*numbers at https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/114745732577705600

#journalism #news #nato #otan

Pepijn (@Pepijn@mastodon.online)

De door het demissionaire kabinet toegezegde 5% van het BBP* is dus bijna 13%** van het overheidsbudget*** De politiek plus de goegemeente van talkshows, opiniemakers en whatever praten al jaren in termen als "onmogelijk te bekostigen" over zaken die een fractie van dat bedrag zijn. Ik mis dat toch echt wel bij NOS, Volkskrant, De Teleracist, RTL e.d. *1100 miljard euro in 2024 **>8% voor de 3.5% "echte defensie", 4% voor de 1.5% "defensie gerelateerd" ***433 miljard euro in 2024

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