Four EU countries opposed the Meraz plan.
Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria rejected the proposal of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to tie the approval of the next long-term budget of the European Union to the allocation of new financial aid to Ukraine.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Pico called the move "a classic example of extortion" and threatened to veto it.
"We are a sovereign country. We have our own point of view," Pico said.