Day two of the NATO summit in The Hague: this is about to happen

This Wednesday, day two of the NATO summit in The Hague starts. On Tuesday evening, US President Donald Trump arrived at Schiphol Airport to join the leaders of the other NATO member states and King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima for dinner. After an invitation from the king, Trump would have slept last night in the Huis ten Bosch Palace.

This is all about Wednesday on the second and most important day of the NATO summit:

• To 8.00 am The day starts in the morning. Then the various government leaders in the World Forum in The Hague gather and a group photo is taken.

• The main meeting from the NATO top. By far the most important agenda item is increasing defense spending. Last Sunday, before the top started, it was already announced that all Member States want to vote for the new NATO standard. They ask countries to spend at least 5 percent of their gross domestic product on defense.

• That does not mean that all leaders agree unanimously. Last week the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was still struggling, he found the proposed NATO standard Far too high. On Tuesday, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said that Belgium probably cannot meet the new standard within the desired period; The proposal asks Member States to increase defense expenditure within ten years to 5 percent.

• In the meantime, there will be Wednesday during the meeting Multiple demonstrations Planned in The Hague around the NATO summit, including a highway blockade of the A12 by Extinction Rebellion.

• After the meeting behind closed doors in the World Forum holds NATO boss Mark Rutte a press conference. After this, the NATO summit, the Netherlands’ largest logistics and security operation ever, will be officially over.

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