# Berlin issues Brussels ultimatum over EU budget — FT

https://mins.news/en/item/78194

- TASS, 2026-09-29 07:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/economy/2194337

> Six EU countries led by Germany are threatening to reject the bloc’s 2028-2034 seven-year budget unless spending is cut by hundreds of billions of euros. They want more funding for defense and innovative companies and less for agriculture and poorer regions. Ireland is to prepare a compromise proposal by mid-October.

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