PREVIEW

The heads of state and government stand together with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (M, CDU) and US President Donald Trump for the family photo at the NATO summit. The 32 heads of state and government of the NATO states are meeting here for a two-day summit. The topics of the summit are the increase in defense spending, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East following the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.