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Robles guarantees more military spending in 2023 and says that no one from Podemos has criticized him in private

MADRID, 7 Ago.

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Robles guarantees more military spending in 2023 and says that no one from Podemos has criticized him in private

MADRID, 7 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, is sure that the General State Budget project for 2023 will include the Government's commitments in terms of Defense and the announced increase to reach a military investment of 2% of GDP in 2029. This does not He believes that it will generate problems with his partners in United We Can, who assures that they have never privately exposed their criticism of defense spending.

In an interview with Europa Press, Robles recalls that the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, was the one who promised to increase defense spending during the NATO summit held in Madrid last June.

And so it has guaranteed that it will be reflected in the Budget project that the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, will present in Congress at the turn of the summer. "The Minister of Finance works perfectly, she knows perfectly what the Government's commitments are and I am sure that as she does, she will always pick up the commitments," she points out.

With this, he rejects that Podemos's criticism of an increase in military spending could frustrate Sánchez's commitment to reach the 2% of GDP committed to NATO and explains that this will require a gradual increase in the budget that will already be reflected in the accounts for 2023.

In addition, Robles assures that within the Government each minister is "very respectful" of his powers. "And they have not told me anything in private in the same way that I respect the competences of each one of them," he reveals about the members of United We Can, who have publicly expressed their disagreement with an increase in the defense budget.

In this sense, the minister claims that this investment means "investing in peace", in security and also betting on innovation and the creation of jobs, especially key in territories such as the Bay of Cádiz, Murcia or Ferrol.

"The European Union is well aware that investing in defense is investing in peace and therefore Spain is not doing anything new or anything different from what other European countries are doing," says Robles.

He has also argued that the Armed Forces must be "well equipped" and their members have the necessary means and capabilities, recalling their participation in numerous international missions or the work of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) in firefighting.