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@mikes*corvettes wrote:

In 2006 all NATO members agreed to the 2% GDP target.

 

In 2014 NATO once again pressed for the 2% GDP budget, and countries which fell short of their obligations were given till 2024 to catch up.

 

 

So yes France, Germany and Luxembourg have defaulted.

 

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Just more "fake news"

In 2006 at a NATO meeting 2% of GDP was SUGGESTED as a reasonable TARGET to spend on National defence - this was not ratified nor agreed to by a single head of state and was not included as part of the treaty.

In 2014 the question of spending levels was once again raised - again the SUGGESTED level of spending was agreed upon by the majority as 2%.  Once again this target was not ratified by the member countries and the Treaty was not amended to include this target.

You can't default on anything unless there is a commitment to default on.

There is a commitment in the Treaty for each country to send an amount, based on their individual GDP, to NATO to finance its infrastructure - not a single member is in default with regard to this Treaty commitment. 

Poor old Iceland is often included in the list of so called 'defaulters' - they don't even have an army!