# Germany news: Merz courts 'frugals' to trim EU budget

https://mins.news/en/item/34063

- DW, 2026-08-27 07:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-merz-courts-frugals-to-trim-eu-budget/live-78519551?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is meeting leaders from several EU net contributor countries in Berlin to build support for a smaller, modernized long-term bloc budget. Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Denmark are pushing to limit spending, with Merz calling for several hundred billion euros to be cut from earlier proposals.

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