Rutte to take part in UDCG meeting on Sept 8
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- The Guardian Worldseen 17 Sept, 08:08description edited
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Mark Rutte asked UK and Europe to ‘provide the hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertainty Nato needs “more UK and more Europe” to deal with the most dangerous security environment faced by the west in a generation, the secretary general of the 32-country military alliance said this afternoon on a visit to the UK. Mark Rutte praised Britain for promising to increase defence spending in line with US demands after a meeting with prime minister Andy Burnham – but argued that the...Mark Rutte asks UK and Europe to ‘provide hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertainty Nato needs “more UK and more Europe” to deal with the most dangerous security environment faced by the west in a generation, the secretary general of the 32-country military alliance said this afternoon on a visit to the UK. Mark Rutte praised Britain for promising to increase defence spending in line with US demands after a meeting prime minister Andy Burnham – but argued that the military and...
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Mon, 7 September 2026
1 report- Ukrinform (Ukraine)14:17first to report
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will take part in a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) on Tuesday, September 8.
Tue, 8 September 2026
3 reports- Ukrinform (Ukraine)15:10
All partners in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group must step up their defense support for the country in its fight against Russian aggression.
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)15:26
Over the past year, the Allies have allocated more than $10 billion to PURL and the program for the sale of U.S. military equipment abroad for Ukraine, and deliveries of U.S. weapons to Ukraine continue uninterrupted.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)19:39
'Nations must dig deeper. We do not have a choice,' says Mark Rutte
Thu, 10 September 2026
4 reports- Le Figaro (France)11:16
«J’ai toute confiance que, quelle que soit la personne élue à chaque élection, elle maintiendra le cap sur les éléments clés que sont l’investissement dans la défense, le fait de veiller à ce que l’Ukraine ne perde pas cette guerre», a déclaré jeudi le patron de l’Otan.
- Le Monde English13:07
The NATO secretary general was speaking against the backdrop of the crushing election victory of Germany's far-right AfD in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, a result that has rocked the country's political status quo.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)13:14
Die Mehrheit in Sachsen-Anhalt wählt Parteien, die die Ukraine-Unterstützung kritisch sehen. Danach befragt, rät Mark Rutte dazu, Reformen umzusetzen und die Wirtschaft anzukurbeln.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)16:07
'Europeans increasingly understand that taking greater responsibility for our own security is not optional,' says Mark Rutte
Mon, 14 September 2026
2 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)21:31
GLAVNI tajnik NATO-a Mark Rutte ocijenio je napad na vlak u Ukrajini kao Putinov čin očaja. Poručio je da će Savez pojačati potporu Ukrajini i da jedinstvo saveznika neće biti poljuljano.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)22:02
Potpora Kijevu nastavit će se jačati kako bi Ukrajina imala sredstva potrebna za obranu. 'Naš odgovor je jačanje podrške Ukrajini kako bi imala sve što joj je potrebno za obranu', rekao je Rutte
Wed, 16 September 2026
3 reports- The Guardian World18:46edited after publishing
Mark Rutte asks UK and Europe to ‘provide hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertainty Nato needs “more UK and more Europe” to deal with the most dangerous security environment faced by the west in a generation, the secretary general of the 32-country military alliance said this afternoon on a visit to the UK. Mark Rutte praised Britain for promising to increase defence spending in line with US demands after a meeting prime minister Andy Burnham – but argued that the military and...
- Index.hr (Croatia)19:59
GLAVNI tajnik NATO-a Mark Rutte pozvao je UK i Europu na veća izdvajanja za obranu kako bi se Savez nosio s najopasnijim sigurnosnim okruženjem, ističući ključnu ulogu Britanije.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)21:36
'We cannot protect our way of life if we do not invest in our defense,' says Mark Rutte
Thu, 17 September 2026
2 reports- The Guardian World19:29
Mark Rutte said Britain will need to steadily increase defence spending to meet Nato target of 3.5% of GDP by 2035 Britain needs to show “a credible path” of annual increases in its defence budgets to meet a Nato target of spending nearly £30bn more on the military by the middle of the next decade, the head of the alliance said on Thursday. Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said that Britain could not wait until just before 2035 to lift defence spending to 3.5% of GDP, in an unusually...
- standard.co.uk19:31
The UK has so far only budgeted to hike defence spending to 2.7% of GDP by 2027/2028.