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Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030

Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030

Defence Minister Nuno Melo lands in Brussels for the 18 June NATO Defence Ministerial with Portugal's 2025 spending at €6.12 billion (2% of GDP) — four years ahead of schedule — and a €5.8 billion SAFE-loan file covering frigates, armour, satellites and drones through 2030.
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