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Babiš Unsure How Quickly Defense Spending Will Rise, but Accepts Need to Meet Commitments

From iDNES · () Czech

Translated from Czech and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Czech Republic is expected to spend 2% of GDP on defense next year.
  • Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said he could not currently give a specific trajectory for defense spending in later years.
  • Babiš said the government must return to its commitments and discuss counter-drone protection.

Andrej Babiš says he does not yet know how quickly Czech defense spending will increase after the country reaches a planned 2% of GDP next year.

Asked about a specific spending trajectory for subsequent years, the Czech prime minister said he could not provide one at this stage. He acknowledged that the country must return to its existing commitments.

“We must return to the commitments we had. And of course we must talk about counter-drone protection,” Babiš said.

We must return to the commitments we had. And of course we must talk about counter-drone protection.

— Andrej BabišThe Czech prime minister described the government’s defense obligations and one capability it needs to address.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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