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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing criticism from several EU partners after linking future EU budget negotiations to collective funding for Ukraine. Slovak and Czech leaders have accused him of applying pressure, while Hungary’s Prime Minister Peter Magyar rejected both the “blackmail” accusation and the proposal itself.
The discussion explores whether Merz is using political leverage or pursuing a fairer burden-sharing arrangement, as Germany remains the EU’s largest budget contributor and a leading donor to Ukraine. DW’s Chief Political Editor Michaela Küfner examines how the dispute is playing out in Brussels and Berlin.
