Romania Spends 1.6% of GDP on Defense, Not 2.5% as Planned
Romania allocated 2.5% of GDP to Defense in 2023, but managed to spend only 1.6%, according to a NATO analysis quoted by TVR. With this threshold, Romania is just below the Alliance average of 1.73%. In 2022, at the NATO summit in Madrid, Klaus Iohannis announced that Romania would increase its budget allocated to Defense…