PM Fiala: Government can imagine giving 5 percent of GDP to defense

Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated in an interview with Deník.cz that the government could envision spending around five percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defense annually. His comments came in response to President Petr Pavel’s statement on Wednesday. The increase in defense spending by NATO members will be discussed at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in The Hague in June.