Merz Unites EU Budget-Cutters as Costa Gropes for Deal
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Before the difficult negotiations on the future EU budget, the donor countries meet with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker travels to Berlin with a clear rejection of record expenditures. When the leaders of the European net contributor countries meet, diplomatic flattery is rarely involved. It is about a lot of money — more precisely about the money of their own taxpayers. On Thursday, German Chancellor Friedrich…
He invited the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Finland and Sweden to Berlin.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will receive the leaders of the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, and Finland at his official residence in Berlin on Thursday. The 'frugal' EU countries want to coordinate their positions on the European multiannual budget there.
At the end of July, Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for cuts of several hundred billion euros "in all areas" to the EU budget for 2028 to 2034. This followed a proposal by the European Commission for a financial framework of just under two trillion euros. Debate has been ongoing ever since. Germany is the largest net contributor to the EU budget.
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