US President Joe Biden has thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for Berlin’s recent “historic” decision to raise defence spending, the White House said after their one-on-one talks ended at the G7 summit. “The president welcomed Germany’s historic commitment to significantly boost defence spending and meet its NATO commitments, which will strengthen the alliance’s long-term deterrence and defense posture,” a White House statement said. In late February, Scholz announced a massive increase to bring Germany in line with NATO’s target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, as Berlin rethinks foreign …