NATO Allies select Mark Rutte as next Secretary General

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_227064.htm

by michaelbachari

18 comments

  3. Best candidate for the job..surprised they did not wait with th announcement till the conference in Washington

  4. Not surprised Mark normally manages to get what he wants

  5. That’s a bad choice. Not only was he one of the leaders supporting nordstream initiative despite the eastern europe protests, that also shows that eastern european countries are still second category allies.

  6. Great news for the #1 defence priority of NATO: defeating Russia in Ukraine. 🇺🇦

  8. Good choice. He made some mistakes in his later years as premier. But his speciality has always been international affairs

  9. And again, NATO picked western leader instead of Eastern Europe one. What NATO needs is someone who knows exactly Russian imperialism, not man who’s grandparents did not witness atrocitiee of Soviet Union.

  10. If he couldn’t get ASML to fall in line when he was the prime minister, he will now as the SG of NATO.

  11. I am concerned about this choice.

    He eroded democracy in the Netherlands by eliminating the right to referendums. Through dirty back room deals kept his party in power even when they had been effectively voted out. He tried to sneak through changes to tax law so that his corporate buddies would get nice fat cuts. Because of his party policy housing in the Netherlands is in a critical state while taxes have been pushed to all time highs. He claims to be working to protect us against Russia [see MH17] but in the mean time Russian oil tankers are still regularly docking here. Under his tenure the retirement age became 68+ and pension guarantees were rolled back [this he snuck in just before he was voted out again].

    Does this really sound like a man who is concerned with protecting Nato citizens?

  12. I didn’t agree with him on much when he was Prime Minister, but I think he would do well in this role.

  14. NATO secretary-general is always an European. Always.
    To create the illusion that the Europeans have a mighty voice in NATO. But they don’t.
    The strategic decisions are always made in Washington.

  15. That was quick. I feel that this is a good choice, the guy seems very professional and charismatic.

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