Germany's SPD rejects NATO 2 percent defence spending target

[1/5]Germany’s Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Acquire Licensing Rights BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats on Sunday rejected NATO's target of spending 2 percent of national output on defence and accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives of kowt

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8/5 That would make it the largest military power in Europe - a goal they said "no one could want" given Germany's Nazi history. Instead, they said, Germany should focus on building a strong European defense union and, ultimately, a European army - a stance that may resonate with a deeply pacifist(