NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte – Building A Better NATO

Mark Rutte will deliver a keynote speech on the priorities for the NATO Summit in The Hague.

Open event, Panel
9 June 2025 — 3:45PM TO 4:45PM
Chatham House and Online

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Mr Rutte outlines how NATO will face a more dangerous world.

In his keynote pre-Summit address, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will set out how NATO will become a stronger, fairer and more lethal Alliance.  During his speech and conversation with the audience,  Mr Rutte will outline how NATO will spend more on defence and increase defence production to face a more dangerous world.  With a new defence investment plan at its heart, the Secretary general will explain how this will transform the Alliance.

Join us at Chatham House for the conversation with Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, just two weeks before Allied leaders meet in The Hague.

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