British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK will ‘fight for peace in Europe’ with a generational increase in defense costs, which will be financed by reducing budgets for foreign help.
This move, only two days before the Prime Minister needs to meet the Donald Trump, immediately provoked the US President, as well as the anger of humanitarian organizations that this reduction in assistance could endanger the lives in the United Kingdom’s support .
In surprising publication, the starmer announced the largest increase in the defense costs from the end of the Cold War, with a defense to increase to 2.5 percent of GDP until 2027. year, for the ambition to reach 3 percent.
Among those who expressed concerns about the plans on reducing aid budget by 40 percent are the ministers of the cabinet, after Trump has already made drastic reductions to the American assistance budget. Several ministers warned of the cabinet session at the risk of unwanted consequences, the GUARDIAN transmits.
David Lammy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said earlier this month that the American plan could be a ‘big strategic error’ that would enable China to fill in the gap and expand their global influence.
Writing for Guardian, Lammy admitted that the decision to reduce the help was extremely difficult, but the current government is Great Britain Government of Pragmatics, and not ideologies and that they had to balance their country at the same time.
The government stated that it hopes to make savings could be achieved from a third of the development budget currently being spent on the accommodation of asylum seekers in hotels.
The starmer also stated that the decision on reduction of assistance was ‘extremely difficult and painful’, but emphasized that it is necessary to increase the defense costs because the ‘generational challenge requires generational response’.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
