Yesilgöz: Netherlands needs to raise defence spending to 3.5%

VVD party leader Dilan Yesilgöz has said the Netherlands should raise its defence spending to 3.5% of GDP “and maybe higher than that”. Yesilgöz announced the policy at a meeting of party members at the national war museum in Overloon, Noord-Brabant, from behind a podium bearing the party logo and the slogan: “A strong Netherlands. For our security.” The VVD has taken a much more hawkish line on defence than the other parties in the right-wing coalition. It was the...