Denmark's centrist government said Tuesday that it wants to invest some 143 billion kroner ($20.6 billion) in the country's defense over the next decade, citing a 'serious threat picture.'
The government has an ambition to reach NATO’s target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on military budgets by 2030, in part as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The threat picture can change quickly. We see this not least with the war in Ukraine,” Lund Poulsen said. Denmark’s three-party coalition government is made up of the center-left Social Democrats, the center-right Liberal Party and the centrist Moderate party. Together they control 89 seats in the 179-seat parliament and command a majority with the support of the four lawmakers representing the semi-independent Danish territories of Greenland and the Faeroe Islands.
While none of the money was earmarked to any specifics, Lund Poulsen said that “a strengthened conscription will also be able to expand the Armed Forces’ recruitment base and the reserve.” He also said that he wanted “more equality between men and women.” In Denmark, while four-month conscription is mandatory for men, women have a choice.
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