Germany's Merz ups pressure on Hungary to approve loan for Ukraine

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2026-03-18

Berlin (dpa) - The EU's latest loan for Ukraine must "urgently" be disbursed to Kiev, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday, upping the pressure ahead of the summit in Brussels. In a nod to Hungary during his address to the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, Merz said leaders "must not show any consideration for a single country from the European Union that is currently creating this blockade in Europe because of domesti......

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