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Content <p>Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas — herself an unofficial candidate for NATO&#8217;s top job — said Tuesday she backs her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte for the secretary-general post. </p> <p>&#8220;For a strong NATO, we need to be clear-eyed on Russia, boost deterrence and defence spending, back Ukraine&#8217;s membership, and geographic balance,&#8221; she said <a href="https://x.com/kajakallas/status/1775154452971806897?s=20" target="_blank">in a statement</a> posted on social media. </p> <p>&#8220;I have discussed this in depth with Mark Rutte and he commits to these priorities. Estonia can back him for NATO&#8217;s Secretary General,&#8221; Kallas added. </p> <p>Her backing is a major win for Rutte, who has been struggling to get support beyond Western Europe and North America. </p> <p>NATO, <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/11/07/emmanuel-macron-warns-europe-nato-is-becoming-brain-dead" target="_blank">declared &#8220;brain dead&#8221;</a> by French President Emmanuel Macron back in 2019, has regained importance thanks to Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, welcoming two new members — Sweden and Finland —&nbsp;in recent months. </p> <p>However, a potential return of NATO-skeptic former U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House has raised fears in Europe that Washington could disengage from the military alliance and Europe&#8217;s security. </p> <p>Earlier Tuesday, Kallas <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/estonian-prime-minister-kaja-kallas-forced-deny-viral-april-fools-nato-joke/">had to shoot down</a> an April Fools&#8217; hoax which said she had the support of heavyweights including the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom to lead NATO. </p> <p>Rutte&#8217;s path to the job became clearer when one of his rivals, Latvian Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/krisjanis-karins-latvia-foreign-minister-quits-amid-flight-spending-scandal/">had to resign</a> because of a flight spending scandal.</p> <p>But Rutte still faces competition from Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-president-klaus-iohannis-launch-nato-top-job-bid-mark-rutte/">who announced</a> a surprise bid last month, arguing NATO would benefit from the perspective of Eastern Europe. </p> <p>Over the weekend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan <a href="https://pro.politico.eu/news/177879" target="_blank">spelled out</a> his conditions to support Rutte&#8217;s bid,&nbsp;which include having the “sensitivities” of non-EU countries taken into account. <a href="https://pro.politico.eu/news/176606" target="_blank">Hungary currently opposes</a> the Dutch leader&#8217;s candidacy.</p>

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