Europe needs 'realism and reforms' amid EU budget spat, says Merz

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2026-09-09

Berlin (dpa) - Europe needs "both realism and reforms," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday, as he again insisted on cuts to the next EU budget. After meeting with European Council President António Costa at the Chancellery in Berlin, Merz said hundreds of billions of euros must be saved from the current draft budget for the years 2028 to 2034. "We will not be able to solve the problems of the 21st century with a 20th-century budg......

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