Jan 14, 2025 · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Good to see you, and thanks for all the questions. Let me try to deal with as many as possible. ... The EU is strong on all the soft power, including the internal market, ramping up defence production, and when it comes to, let's say, industry standards - so from the NATO standards, the more industry specific ...

[80] [81] Rutte stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) should be added to the EU's terrorism blacklist. [ 81 ] Rutte's government authorized Ukraine to use Dutch-supplied F-16 fighters to strike targets inside Russia in May.

Jan 13, 2025 · On Monday afternoon, MEPs discussed the security situation in Europe and beyond as well as defence and EU-NATO cooperation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Jan 13, 2025 · The EU needs to rethink its spending priorities to boost defense budgets, NATO's new Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the European Parliament on Monday.

Jun 26, 2024 · NATO has appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine.

Oct 29, 2024 · Today Secretary General Rutte met with President von der Leyen for the first time since Mr Rutte took office at the helm of NATO. Their discussion focused on the importance of a close and strategic partnership between NATO and the European Union.

Oct 1, 2024 · He is a committed European and transatlanticist and was instrumental in bolstering his country’s role at the heart of NATO and the European Union. The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) by Russian-backed forces over Eastern Ukraine in 2014 marked a turning point in Mr Rutte’s premiership.

Jan 23, 2025 · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday urged the United States to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia's invasion and said he was sure Europe was ready to pay the bill.

Jan 23, 2025 · LIVE: Mark Rutte’s panel discussion with EU leaders in Davos. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte takes part in a panel discussion on Ukraine with the presidents of Poland and Latvia, the prime ministers of Croatia and Belgium, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Jun 28, 2024 · Mark Rutte has made it! NATO finally appointed the outgoing Dutch prime minister as its next boss. This move became a formality after his only rival for the post, Romania’s president Klaus...