Merz said Germany's support for the EU's next seven-year budget would be conditional on every country in the bloc mobilizing to help Ukraine, which faces a 70 billion euro funding gap next year. ⨯ [Bloomberg].

Merz said Germany's support for the EU's next seven-year budget would be conditional on every country in the bloc mobilizing to help Ukraine, which faces a 70 billion euro funding gap next year. ⨯ [Bloomberg].

"Bilateral aid to Ukraine is unevenly distributed, with the main burden falling only on a few member states" - Marz.

On Thursday and Friday, the leaders of the European Union will meet in Dublin, where Merez has already made it clear that he will unite discussions on the funding gap in Kiev and the EU budget Bloomberg.