The 30 NATO members spent 1.18 trillion dollars on defence last year, a 3.1% rise over 2020, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in his annual report on Thursday. Figures from the alliance’s report show European members and Canada made up a less than a third of NATO defence spending at 31% while the United States accounted for 69%, despite US pressure to boost spending. Stoltenberg praised the contributions in 2021 however as the “seventh consecutive year of rising defence spending across European allies and Canada.” Eight of the alliance member met NATO’s self-imposed 2% target for defenc…