Militarization and increased defense spending of up to 5% of GDP could trigger a sharp division in European society, Andrey Kortunov, an expert with the Valdai Discussion Club of Russia, told Izvestia yesterday.
“If one supposes that these countries will take this matter seriously and try to bring their spending to 5% GDP in 10 years, then socio-political consequences will be very dire. This will most likely sharply strengthen right-wing populists and various sudden situations are possible, such as government crises or snap elections.”
