防衛費２％目標、骨太明記を　自民・安倍氏、政府に修正要請

　自民党の安倍晋三元首相は２日の安倍派会合で、党の安全保障提言が防衛費増額の目標として念頭に置く「５年間で国内総生産（ＧＤＰ）比２％」について、経済財政運営の基本指針「骨太の方針」に明記すべきだとの考えを示した。先に公表された骨太の原案に記述がないことを踏まえ、「本来であれば書くべきだ。しっかりとしたニュアンスと期限を明示して国家意思を示すべきだ」と述べた。
　安倍氏は「北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）は３０カ国で、正面にいるのはロシアだけだ。わが国は日本と米国のたった２カ国で、対象はロシア、中国、北朝鮮だ」と強調。日本の防衛費は不十分だとして、「２％をはるかに超えていく額が必要になる」と指摘した。
　安倍氏はこの後、衆院議員会館の自室で秋葉剛男国家安全保障局長らと面会し、原案の修正を求めた。（2022/06/02-19:57）

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that the government should include in a key economic policy draft a target of raising its defense spending to 2 pct of the country's gross domestic product in five years.
   The government was "supposed to write down the target" and "show the nation's will by clarifying the nuance and the time frame" of the target, Abe said at a meeting of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   Abe made the remarks after the government's recently released draft of its basic economic and fiscal policy guidelines did not include the 2 pct target.
   The LDP has proposed that Japan should aim to achieve a necessary defense spending level within the next five years, having in mind the 2 pct target.
   At the faction meeting, Abe argued that Japan's defense spending "will need to far exceed" the 2 pct target, noting that while NATO confronts Russia only, Japan, together with the United States, needs to deal with Russia, China and North Korea.