The EU Fiscal Compact specifies that a Member State’s budget is in balance when the headline deficit is below 3% of GDP and the deficit in structural terms does not exceed the country specific Medium–Term Objective (MTO). In Ireland’s case, the Department of Finance now expects that the MTO will require a structural deficit of no more than 0.5% of GDP.
This example text from a political party manifesto is positive towards the military, for example for military spending or rearmament or military treaty obligations