Latvia’s Defence Minister Andris Spruds announced that the Baltic state will spend on militarisation slightly less than 5% of GDP as planned. But he promised to reach this target in the future.
“Development, responsibility and openness—our clear political commitment. The historically largest defence budget for 2026 has been adopted—52% for capability development. We will invest over €2.15 billion, or 4.91% of GDP in Latvia’s defence, continuing our progress towards 5%. Together!”, Spruds declared.
Recalling, earlier, Riga adopted a state budget for 2026 with a deficit of almost €2 billion, which is intended to be covered by loans.
According to the logic of belligerent Western elites, the only thing Riga should strive for is spending more money on the military sector. Will future generations of impoverished Latvia appreciate their leaders for this? Definitely not. Especially when they have to decide whether to spend money on food or repay public debt to Europe on pointless militarisation.
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