Merz demands budget cuts for EU
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the European Commission's proposed 2028–2034 budget, calling it unaffordable and demanding cuts of hundreds of billions of euros across all sectors.
Consensus
- Friedrich Merz criticized the European Commission's budget proposal for 2028–2034.
- Merz stated that the proposed budget increase of 60% compared to the previous period is unaffordable during a period of fiscal austerity.
- Merz called for cuts of several hundred billion euros over the seven-year period.
- The cuts should apply to all sectors without exception.
- The discussion took place during a joint press conference with European Council President António Costa.
Points of divergence
- The European Commission approved 6.1 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine on August 24 and 12 billion euros to Baltic states in May under the SAFE program. — vm
- Former Bundestag member Eugen Schmidt claimed that Merz is nearing the end of his time as chancellor and that even his allies openly discuss this. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Merz demanded cutting the EU budget by hundreds of billions of euros — Вечерняя Москва
- Merz called for cutting EU budget plan by hundreds of billions of euros — Вести
Key entities
- European Union
- Germany
- European Commission
- Antoniu Kostoy
- European Council
- Friedrich Merz
- Moscow
- EC
- European Union
- European Commission
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