Members of Czech Chamber of Deputies Defence committee opposed Trump's demand as well. Defence committee head Jana Cernochova said that even if she agreed with the U.S. demand on spending 2 percent of GDP on defence and proposed a legal change in this respect, the 4-percent demand is beyond reality.
Czech Defence committee member Jan Bartosek said the defence spending of 4 percent of GDP is currently unrealistic for the Czech Republic, because it is hardly for the country to achieve 2 percent. Jan Rehounek, another committee member, called Trump's statement "a scream in the dark."
Meanwhile, more than 100 people protested against NATO and the membership of Czech Republic in this alliance on Wednesday on Wenceslas Square in Prague city center.
The protest was held by the Czech Peace Movement with support of the No Basis group in connection with the start of the NATO summit in Brussels.
The petitioners have signed a petition calling for the suspension of all military activities in the Czech Republic. One of the organizer, Eva Novotna, said that the war takes place first in the economy, in the media and in the heads of those who benefit from it.
The demonstration was also supported by the first deputy chairman of Czech Communist Party (KSCM), Petr Simunek. "We do not need the North Atlantic Alliance," Simunek was quoted as saying. He recalled the role of the Czech Republic during the bombing of Belgrade by the NATO aircraft in 1993.
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