Germany has to spend more on defence, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in Berlin on Monday, despite the country reaching the alliance target for the first time in years. “All NATO allies must invest more, and I trust that Germany will continue to step up,” he said alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. German spending on defence in 2024 is on track to reach the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time in 30 years. This investment increase, announced by Scholz as a “turning point,” came after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and will see Ge…