Nicu Fălcoi, vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, claims that although he promised for a very long time that he would allocate at least 2%, even 2.5% of the Gross Domestic Product to the Army, Romania did this only on paper, because, in in reality, in the last three years, “only 1.6 – 1.7%” of GDP was spent on this sector.
According to Falcoi, President Klaus Iohannis is “boasting” in the USA with “a lie”, while the Army has “serious” endowment problems.
“Instead of lies, Iohannis should stick to the promises made to NATO allies, especially in the conditions where we have a war on the border and we should be more concerned about national security.
Our defense industry is on the ground because of the tricksters and incompetents who have run it over the years.
“Iohannis lies without blinking an eye”
This is what happens when we have a head of state who spent more time on luxury vacations and whose main concerns seem to be the furnishing, with public money, of the palace where he will retire after handing over his mandate and finding a job, if possible , at the head of NATO”, claims the USR deputy, who is vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
He added that “the president of Romania does not hesitate to lie, but without blinking”. After the meeting with the US president, Iohannis declared that Romania is doing extremely well with 2.5% of GDP for Defense, although an official NATO report shows that our country spent on defense, in 2023, only 1.6% of GDP .
According to the vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Defense budget “collapsed”, while the budget deficit grew year by year.
“Let’s not forget Prime Minister Ciolacu either, who took seven billion lei from the endowment of the Army and took it to the Reserve Fund, from which he distributed discretionary, as dictated by his political calculations, by no means fair and in the interest of the Romanians “, added deputy Falcoi, according to agerpres.
President Iohannis’ statement
“Romania is doing extremely well with the decision of 2.5% of GDP for Defense”, President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday in Washington, when asked, in the context of the war in Ukraine, if Romania needs an increase in defense spending , in accordance with the discussions about their increase in NATO member states.
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