Europe saves on the army: the US will not subsidize "rich" allies on NATO - Rubio

To spread: The United States consider the armies of rich countries in Europe that do not want to invest in defense capability. In some EU countries, frankly weak troops were recognized by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Some NATO European countries have frankly weak armies and have not financed their defense capability for the last 40 years. The United States cannot continue subsidizing them, as it will be dishonest, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox News.

The states consider it unfair that they constantly subsidize allies on NATO, who do not want to spend money to increase their defense capability, the official said. "The only thing that threatens NATO is the presence of allies with insufficient armed forces. These countries have not spent money on the army. There are rich countries, especially in Western Europe, they have full money, they have to spend them on national security," the Secretary of State said .

However, rich countries do not want to bear military expenses, some of them consume 1. 5% of their GDP for the army. At the same time, Rubio disagreed with the statement that the US would withdraw a military contingent from Europe. "We cannot continue to subsidize them. It is unfair and unstable. We are saying Europe that we need to do more, because it is their continent," he summed up. Recall that the idea of ​​creating a defense union without US membership appeared in the European Union.