No deal on Ukraine aid? Then no deal on EU budget, Merz says

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No deal on Ukraine aid? Then no deal on EU budget, Merz says

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said EU budget negotiations depend on approval of an additional €45 billion in aid for Ukraine. He described support for Kyiv as essential to European security in a letter to European Council President Antonio Costa.

The stakes for the EU budget have risen sharply as the German chancellor ties the deal to approving an additional €45 billion for Kyiv. "Supporting Ukraine is a matter of our indivisible European security," Merz said in a letter to Council President Antonio Costa.

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