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Bytes Europe · Italy to hit NATO spending target this year as Meloni preps for Trump meeting – POLITICO'We are fully aware, especially in light of current tensions, of the need to increase such spending in the coming years,' he added. Meloni told journalists ahead of her meeting with Trump that Rome will announce its 2 percent at the next NATO summit. Asked whether Italy’s 2 percent target was enough, Trump responded: 'It's never enough.” Italy spent 1.49 percent of its GDP on defense in 2024. It's one of the few European countries, alongside Spain and Belgium, that still don't meet NATO's decade-old defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP. Belgium also announced earlier this month it
