Berlin has attached a condition to negotiations over the EU’s next seven-year budget. ANSA, citing the Financial Times, reports that Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote that Germany would block the budget unless every member state commits to financial support for Ukraine from 2027 onward.
The reported position is neither an agreed funding package nor a veto already exercised. ANSA reports that, in a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz called for a collective commitment in which all countries contribute fairly, “without exceptions,” to close the shortfall. In the wording attributed to the letter, that commitment is a prerequisite for discussing other matters, particularly those with financial implications.
The move raises the political weight of Ukraine financing in talks over the EU’s multiannual budget. Berlin’s argument is that support intended to continue beyond 2027 should carry shared responsibility across all member states. Its proposed condition would make progress on the wider budget dependent on a prior understanding over contributions for Kyiv.
The available report gives no size for the shortfall, burden-sharing formula, budget text or position from other governments. The letter reported by ANSA therefore sets out Germany’s negotiating demand, rather than an EU settlement. Whether other member states accept Berlin’s proposed link between the next long-term budget and a multiyear commitment to Ukraine will shape the next stage of the talks.
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- ANSA · Top news · Source date: 2026-11-09
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