Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated on Wednesday that defence cuts “mustn’t ever occur once more”.
Denmark will spend a further 50bn kroner (€6.7bn) on defence over the subsequent two years, amid the continued risk Russia poses to Europe, the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has introduced.
Talking beside her international and defence ministers at a press convention on the Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, the Danish chief promised a large rearmament drive, saying it was “Denmark’s safety that’s at stake”.
Frederiksen burdened that it had been a mistake for international locations like Denmark to have minimize defence spending in latest many years.
“Do not in the reduction of on defence once more,” the Danish prime minister stated. “It mustn’t ever occur once more.”
On account of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine, European safety is below risk, she stated.
“We do not know what he [Putin] is planning, however we all know that he and Russia are within the strategy of rearming,” Frederiksen added.
In a message to her Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, she instructed him to “purchase, purchase, purchase!”.
“If we won’t get the perfect gear, purchase the subsequent greatest. There’s just one factor that counts now, and that is pace.”
Nonetheless, Danish political commentators stated the press convention was brief on particulars about what the brand new price range would really be spent on.
Denmark will now be spending greater than 3% of its GDP on defence, in line with Overseas Minister Lars Løkke Rasmusse.
The extra spending pledged on Wednesday comes after the Danish authorities’ introduced final 12 months that they’d spend 190bn kroner (€25.5bn) on the navy over the subsequent 10 years.
The most recent enlargement of the Danish navy price range comes after the brand new US President Donald Trump has known as on European nations to spend extra on defence.
Trump’s administration despatched shockwaves by means of Europe final week when the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth advised the continent’s leaders that they — and never the US — ought to assure European safety.
European leaders have additionally been alarmed by Trump’s resolution to sideline the Ukrainians from talks this week in Saudi Arabia a couple of potential ceasefire in Ukraine.
Trump has even attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally. In a social media publish on Wednesday, the US president known as the democratically elected war-time chief a “dictator”.
