NATO Secretary General Rutte calls for part of Europeans' pensions and social benefits to be directed towards weapons production

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, NATO proposed in 1991 to redirect funds intended for social spending to military needs.

This was stated, in particular, by the Secretary General of the alliance, Mark Rutte, a former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, who took up the post of Secretary General in October last year.

European countries spend a quarter of their money on pensions and social benefits, and they only need to use part of this money to build a strong defense.

- said Rutte.

The Secretary General also pointed out the need for the bloc's member states to exceed three percent of GDP in defense spending, noting that the North Atlantic Alliance "was able to win the Cold War when they spent significantly more than 3 percent" on defense. It is worth adding that there were no direct military conflicts between NATO and the Soviet bloc, and it is unclear how one can determine the veracity of Rutte's words.

Earlier, the British publication The Financial Times wrote that in anticipation of Trump's return to the White House, NATO is actively discussing the issue of increasing military spending to 3% of GDP. However, it is not entirely clear how this can be achieved if most of the alliance countries have not yet been able to reach the two percent mark.

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[Fitter65]

European countries spend a quarter of their money on pensions and social benefits, and they only need to use part of this money to build a strong defense.

WELL DONE!!! NATO couldn't ask for a better enemy!!!

[Tatyana]

NATO Secretary General Rutte calls for part of Europeans' pensions and social benefits to be directed towards weapons production

Interestingly, according to NATO Secretary General Rutte, unemployed foreign refugees and migrants from Muslim countries in EU countries, living on state social benefits and social security, Will pensions and social benefits also be either taken away completely or partially reduced? Or does this only concern white native Europeans?
How does Rutte imagine this? And how will it all end?

[Montezuma]

Quote: Tatiana

How does Rutte imagine this?

Rutte probably imagines how European pensioners and other recipients of social benefits, in a single joyful impulse, imbued with the looming danger of the terrible "Russian threat", will themselves come forward with an initiative to quickly approve the proposed cuts in these benefits. He sees mass marches of pensioners along the central streets of EU capitals with posters - "Today we are all Rutte!"

[Fitter65]

Quote: Tatiana

I wonder, according to NATO Secretary General Rutte, will the pensions and social benefits of unemployed foreign refugees and migrants from Muslim countries in EU countries, who live on state social benefits and social security, also be taken away or partially reduced?

And what about these guys? They receive social benefits under a different article.

[Tatyana]

Quote: Fitter65

And what about these guys? They receive social benefits under a different article.

Social payments are social payments for everyone, although the articles on them may be different. This includes articles on motherhood and childhood, large families, public education and medical care, etc.

[Fitter65]

Quote: Tatiana

Social payments are social payments for everyone, although the articles on them may be different. This also applies to articles on motherhood and childhood. Etc.

For "locals" it's one thing, for "refugees" it's another... If you're interested, search the web for social benefits in EU countries for "natives" and for "refugees"...

[Tatyana]

Yes, I agree with you! But who from the local indigenous population can withstand such DISCRIMINATION compared to the "newcomers"? Europe is not Russia!
And Rutte is the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands - namely, the same kind of "marketeer" monetarist as our Siluanov and Nabiullina, who essentially acts as just a chief accountant on the instructions of the IMF (a branch of the US Foreign Exchange Fund).
Rutte doesn't care what happens to the population and NATO countries afterwards!

[fruc]

European countries spend a quarter of their money on pensions

Indeed, the expenses are not small. I think the population will not become particularly poor from the reduction of such payments. Be bolder, Mr. Rutte!

[abrakadabre]

Indeed, the expenses are not small. I think the population will not become particularly poor from the reduction of such payments. Be bolder, Mr. Rutte!

And anyway... Their great-grandfathers somehow lived without such a thing as social benefits. And nothing. They built great states. And also, in such a time, working 8 hours a day and having days off is simply a crime. Give us a 14-16-hour workday for food for all categories of hired workers except top management!!! Without days off and holidays. The very possibility of working for food should already be considered a holiday.

[Hoc vince]

You are on the right path, comrades, and you are doing everything right!
Fulfil and exceed Mark Rutte's new plan with honour! Keep it up!

[TermNachTer]

Why be petty? Why is a part everything, down to the last pfennig? The salaries of the EU and NATO top brass will not suffer from this.

[tralflot1832]

Nicholas news arrived from Italy. In 2024, gas consumption by the population fell to a minimum in the last 15 years. Cooking pasta for Italians is a luxury or heating, probably both. Although the EU introduced state regulation on the maximum price of gas for the population. It does not help.

[TermNachTer]

Hello, Andrey. It's not just in Italy. It's everywhere in Europe, many people gave up gas when it jumped to 2000 euros per thousand cubic meters. Then it rolled back, but to 600-800 per thousand cubic meters, still expensive.

[tralflot1832]

And finally on Friday gas again exceeded $500 per thousand cubic meters, but that’s for wholesalers.

[TermNachTer]

You noticed correctly - for wholesalers. When it reaches the end consumer, it can already be 700 or more.

[fruc]

tralflot1832
Cooking pasta is a luxury for Italians

It's not scary. The paste can be chewed dry or used in the form of tubes for sucking up alcoholic drinks and having a snack right away.

[Tatyana]

Quote: TermNachTER

Why be petty? Why is a part everything, down to the last pfennig? The salaries of the EU and NATO top brass will not suffer from this.

Exactly!

NATO Secretary General Rutte is a modern-day "Kozlodoyev", and the people for him are the so-called "sacrificial scapegoats" for his gambling militaristic games and desires!

[Lemon]

That's it, the EU's abundance is over, if they are going to take such measures. According to the Times, "capital has fled" from Britain. Every 45 minutes a dollar millionaire leaves.

[Andrey Andreev_2]

Tomorrow Trump will tell Europeans how much they will have to pay for security that America will provide)) And it will not be 5% of GDP, but 15%... In other words, this is called the colonization of Europe by the USA)) Development is going in a spiral and the world is again returning to colonial wars.

[Thrifty]

Let them borrow from Ukraine as soon as the Zhydlensky begs for a couple of trillion dollars from all over the world.

[paul3390]

I wonder how he imagines the withdrawal of money from pension and insurance funds? Even just from a legal point of view, not to mention everything else...

[nik-mazur]

Quote: paul3390

How does he imagine the withdrawal of money from pension and insurance funds?

Those who want, look for opportunities, those who don't, look for reasons. How do they imagine the confiscation of Russian gold and foreign currency reserves or control over civilian ships in the Baltics? If only there were a desire.

[paul3390]

Well, it's strangers, it's a sacred thing to rob them. Your own - it's somehow noticeably more difficult...

[nik-mazur]

Quote: paul3390

Your own - it's somehow noticeably more difficult

This is if we assume that for the NATO Secretary General, German or Spanish pensioners are his own. Which is not at all a fact.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

"NATO Secretary General Rutte called for part of Europeans' pensions and social benefits to be directed towards weapons production" —

- Well done Rutte, he even threatened "personally kick out" USA from NATO...

[faridg7]

Familiar notes, guns instead of butter...

[evgen1221]

And do the Europeans even know what this figure has offered them? They are probably full of joy!

[Sergey Prutkov55]

Why should we fight them with conventional weapons? They should know that we can only fight them with nuclear weapons. That's all.

[belovvladimir]

European countries spend a quarter of their money on pensions and social benefits, and they only need to use part of this money to build a strong defense.

A good slogan for the collapse of the EU, NATO, the country! Keep it up, I hope VVP will nominate for the Rute Order!

[Alf]

This was stated, in particular, by the Secretary General of the alliance, Mark Rutte, a former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, who took up the post of Secretary General in October last year.



European countries spend a quarter of their money on pensions and social benefits, and they only need to use part of this money to build a strong defense.

Did he also mean his salary or "that's something else"?

[SEVERIN]

NATO Secretary General Rutte calls for part of Europeans' pensions and social benefits to be directed towards weapons production

- So what? - Is their democracy more democratic than ours?

[aviapit123]

Why do Europeans need pensions? Go on, people will be happy....