Of course I am in favour. As Minister of Defence, I have to say that for me it's the main concern. As Minister of Defence to have this budget that we have now in Lithuania, it's not enough.
The U.S. pays for 75% of NATO's spending. Of course it's a gap, a huge gap. The gap is increasing. I made a proposal some months ago to the secretary general to have permanent meetings not only of ministers of foreign affairs and ministers of defence in NATO, but also ministers of finance.
On the other hand, we have to understand that today to overcome the crisis we are facing is also part of security. If we do not overcome this deficit problem, as we were doing last year, we will not have an economy, we will not have incomes. So it's very much related to what we are doing now with our economies and trying to overcome the situation. But of course, challenge number one for NATO is the huge gap between European spending and that of the United States, Canada, and other countries, which are spending much more.