Merz may block EU budget unless all states fund Ukraine
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has put the European Union on notice: help fund Ukraine or lose Germany’s support for the bloc’s next seven-year budget.

In a letter to European Council President Antonio Costa, Merz made German backing conditional on every member state contributing financial aid to Kyiv.

He complained that “bilateral assistance to Ukraine is distributed unevenly and carried mostly by only a few member States.”

The ultimatum comes as Ukraine faces a €70 billion ($78.4 billion) funding gap next year.

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