{"id":1404361,"date":"2026-07-09T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1404361"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:40:51","slug":"european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/","title":{"rendered":"European NATO Countries Increased Defense Spending by \u20ac100 Billion \u2014 Merz"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>European NATO countries have increased their defense spending by more than \u20ac100 billion over the past year. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated this following the NATO summit in Ankara, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-world\/4142375-merc-zaaviv-pro-novij-duh-nato-pisla-samitu-v-ankari.html\">Ukrinform<\/a>.<\/p>\n   <p>According to him, about \u20ac25 billion of the additional spending comes from Germany. Since 2022, Berlin has doubled its defense investments. Merz emphasized that the increased funding is linked to threats from Russia, including cyberattacks and sabotage.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Over the past 12 months, European NATO members alone have increased their defense spending by more than \u20ac100 billion. Germany&#8217;s share of that is about \u20ac25 billion. We&#8217;ve raised our defense spending to nearly \u20ac125 billion. We will reach the 5% target agreed in The Hague well ahead of the set deadline,&#8221; Merz said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>It was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/norway-allocates-more-than-260-million-for-air-defense-missiles-for-ukraine\/\">Norway is allocating an additional roughly \u20ac260 million to strengthen Ukraine&#8217;s air defense<\/a>. The funds will be used to purchase new missiles for Patriot systems, as well as to develop ballistic missile defense capabilities.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/america-may-close-the-sky-over-ukraine-trump-names-the-condition\/\">America May Close the Sky Over Ukraine: Trump Names the Condition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European NATO countries have increased their defense spending by more than \u20ac100 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1404362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,36422,55,36537],"tags":[76,78,72926,72946],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1404361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-4","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid","tag-ukraine-nato"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European NATO Countries Increased Defense Spending by \u20ac100 Billion \u2014 Merz - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European NATO Countries Increased Defense Spending by \u20ac100 Billion \u2014 Merz - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"European NATO countries have increased their defense spending by more than \u20ac100 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T08:17:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T08:40:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Merts-1-1200x692-1--820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"European NATO Countries Increased Defense Spending by \u20ac100 Billion \u2014 Merz\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T08:17:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-09T08:40:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/european-nato-countries-increased-defense-spending-by-100-billion-merz\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Merts-1-1200x692-1-.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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