<h1>NATO agrees on 5% GDP defense spending target as US reduces European focus</h1> NATO leaders met in The Hague to agree on massive defense spending increases, with a new target of 5% of GDP as the US shifts focus away from Europe. The 32-nation alliance expects to set core defense spending at 3.5% of GDP, plus 1.5% for broader defense-related expenditures including infrastructure and cyber security. While countries near Russian borders and major European powers committed to the goals, some nations including a southern European country expressed inability to meet the 2035 deadline, calling it unreasonable. The agreement represents a return to Cold War-era defense spending levels following security concerns after recent geopolitical developments.