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Hungary will reduce its military spending, although Trump is demanding that Europe increase these spending.
Hungary plans to cut defense spending starting next year, although increasing military spending was one of Donald Trump's main demands on NATO allies. Bloomberg writes about this.
Thus, due to budget problems, Hungary plans to reduce military spending to less than 2% of GDP, although this year spending was 2.2%.
“The change stands in stark contrast to spending levels in some other eastern European NATO members, such as the Baltic states or Poland, which devote more than 3% of GDP to their troops due to heightened security concerns following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine,” Bloomberg writes. .
It is also noteworthy that the Hungarian Prime Minister…