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Politico (30 June 2025)

Tommaso Lecca, Ben Munster and Martina Sapio

Faced with a daunting new NATO spending target, Italian politicians are proposing that a long-discussed €13.5 billion bridge to Sicily should be defined as military expenditure. 

Rome is one of NATO's lowest military spenders — only targeting 1.49 percent of gross domestic product on its military last year. That makes the new goal of 5 percent by 2035 seem out of reach.

And that's where the bridge could help.

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