Germany Threatens to Block Next EU Budget without Ukraine Funding Deal: Report
Merz said Germany will not back the bloc’s 2028-2034 budget unless all 27 members agree on fresh Ukraine financing, as Kyiv faces a €70 billion gap.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made the European Union's next budget conditional on fresh Ukraine support, demanding a "collective commitment" from all member states to close funding gaps.
- Kyiv faces a €70 billion shortfall in its 2027 budget due to Russian airstrikes, prompting Merz to criticize aid as "distributed unevenly and carried mostly by only a few member states."
- Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden back Merz's demand to merge budget and Ukraine support, while the "Friends" of "Cohesion"—including Hungary, Slovakia, and The Czech Republic—oppose this linkage.
- Simon Harris of Ireland said discussing the budget without Ukraine is "very hard," yet Ignacy Niemczycki of Poland warned the link could "backfire," and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called it "very dangerous."
- Merz asked European Council President Ant to prioritize this matter at this week's informal summit in Dublin. The European Commission will present options ahead of a special summit later this month.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated on Tuesday his efforts to condition the EU's next budget for unanimous support for a loan of more than EUR billion to Ukraine, despite the fact that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico qualified this request as a "classic blackmail," reports POLITICAL.
Germany threatens. New loans for Ukraine must be borne by all EU countries, otherwise EU budget will burst
The budget battle adds another point of strong discord, after the cuts to the financing of social cohesion proposed by the so-called frugal countries: the insistence on paying all the accounts that Germany wants to prodigalize to Ukraine.
According to János Bóka, Friedrich Merz would involve all EU countries in financing Ukraine. The Fidesz faction leader is waiting for an answer from Péter Magyar on the charges.
Merz Demands EU Unity on Ukraine as Budget Dispute Deepens
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that all European Union (EU) member states must support Ukraine and that this backing should not weaken. He emphasized the need for the new EU budget starting in 2028 to focus on increasing defense spending and competitiveness while ensuring that all EU countries contribute to supporting Ukraine, especially after some […]
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