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NATO allies agreed to an extra €20 billion ($21 billion) in joint spending by 2030, a major annual increase in alliance budgets, participants in the talks in Madrid informed dpa on Thursday. Civilian and military budgets are to be increased annually by 10% from 2023 onwards while the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP), a major infrastructure fund, is to rise annually by as much as 25%. NATO did not make the spending public at the leaders’ summit in Madrid over French objections, alliance sources informed dpa. Paris has long objected to spending increases and only backed the investment o…