Believing that rearmament is necessary for greater security and conflict prevention is a mistake, newspaper Il Resto del Carlino quoted Nicola Fratoianni, the leader of the opposition Italian party Greens and Left Alliance. "The idea that rearmament will help avoid the danger of conflicts and wars is a mistake. Fratoianni also questioned how the government intends to fulfill its commitment to increase military spending to 5% of GDP within the next 10 years as part of NATO's agreement. At the penultimate NATO summit, the countries pledged to increase military spending to 5% of GDP, with 3.5% allocated for weapons and 1.5% for infrastructure projects. The League party, which is part of the ruling coalition, insists that this issue should be debated by parliament.