Kaja Kallas de the EU says that Europe must spend more on defense

The members of the Alliance pledged to spend at least 2% of GDP in defense after the Russian forces seized the southern Peninsula of Crimea de Ukrania and the representatives backed by Moscow took large areas of eastern Ukraine in 2014.

As Estonio Prime Minister, Kallas promised more than 1% of the country’s country to kyiv to help reinforce the war effort of Ukraine.

“If every NATO country did this, Ukraine would win,” he told the BBC last year.

According NATO estimates for 2024, externalThe Defense Expenditure of Estonia as the proportion of GDP was the second highest in the Military Alliance.

In December 2024, NATO general secretary Mark Rutte said that Member States would have to “change to a war mentality” and spend “considerably more than 2%” in defense.

During his first term, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, pressed the NATO members to increase defense spending and then requested a commitment to comply with 4% of GDP.

Shortly before his second inauguration in January, Trump urged NATO European members to spend 5%, telling journalists: “Everyone can pay it.”

When asked if he saw the war concluded in favor of Ukraine, Kallas said that “absolutely” was still alive in his mind.

“I really don’t see any other option. I mean, if we let the brutal aggression flourish, then we will see this in other parts of the world,” he added.

She said: “All aggressors or possible aggressors in the world are clearly taking notes how we react to Russia’s aggression.”