# Four countries defy Merz as EU budget fight over Ukraine aid intensifies

https://mins.news/en/video/137601

- euronews, 2026-11-10 16:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aMyGqIWYs

> Four EU countries resisted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s demand to tie approval of the bloc’s next long-term budget to fresh financial support for Ukraine. Slovakia’s Robert Fico accused Merz of “blackmail.”

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