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Raise military spending or start the language lessons, Mark Rutte has told the European Parliament

European members in NATO should either drastically increase their military spending or start studying Russian, the US-led bloc’s new secretary-general, Mark Rutte, has claimed, in a warning to EU lawmakers.

Rutte’s remarks came during a question and answer period at the end of the joint meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) on Monday.

While two thirds of NATO members are now meeting the bloc’s 2014 target of spending 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on the military, it is not enough to protect them from Moscow, Rutte alleged.

”We are safe now, but not in 4-5 years,” Rutte said. “So, if you don’t do it, get out your Russian language courses or go to New Zealand. Or decide now to spend more.”

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If (European) NATO countries don’t spend more on defence then “GET OUT YOUR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE COURSES or GO TO NEW ZEALAND,"
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says in a debate with members of the European Parliament 👇 pic.twitter.com/NbWKniU8Jt

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