# Germany renews hard line, demands hundreds of billions in EU budget cuts

https://mins.news/en/video/109355

- euronews, 2026-10-21 11:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XR3CYExLQ

> Germany is calling for deep cuts to the European Commission’s proposed EU budget and rejecting new common borrowing, setting up a sharp dispute over how Europe will fund Ukraine, defence and competitiveness.

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