The four European Union countries opposed the proposal of German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz to link the approval of the Union budget with new financial commitments to support Ukraine.
We are talking about Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Roberta Pizzo called March's initiative political blackmail and threatened to block the decision with a veto.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the EU budget has already provided 100 billion euros to Ukraine.
Hungary does not want to take on new joint EU commitments because of its budget deficit, and Bulgaria also cites a difficult financial situation.
Martes' proposal includes drawing additional funds to cover about 45 billion euros of the 70 billion euro deficit in the Ukrainian budget. Therefore, Germany seeks to make long-term financial support for Ukraine a joint responsibility of all EU countries.