“All, without exception”: Germany demands that every EU country contribute equitably to financing Ukraine before negotiating the next European budget
In a letter to the President of the European Council, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a commitment from all European Union countries to close Ukraine's budget deficit, before starting any discussions on the…
Germany demands that all European Union countries, "without exception", commit to filling Ukraine's budget deficit, expected next year, before any discussion on the next budget of the 27, in a letter to the President of the European Council. “The collective commitment that we will all, without exception, contribute equitably to closing this gap, is an essential precondition for resolving this issue,” writes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Antonio Costa. It is also a "crucial condition" for discussing "any other subject, in particular those with financial implications", adds this letter, at a time when the 27 are engaged in difficult discussions on the EU budget for the period 2028-2034.
The German Chancellor is calling for this subject to be included on the agenda of the informal European summit, scheduled for Friday in Dublin. This support "is distributed unevenly" The 27 have granted a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine for its financing needs in 2026 and 2027. But kyiv indicated last month that this sum would be insufficient, estimating the budgetary "hole" for next year at some 70 billion euros.
The EU has committed to financing part of this deficit, i.e. 45 billion euros, but it still remains to know how. And Germany does not intend to shoulder this burden alone, judging that bilateral financing of Ukraine, particularly military aid, already rests largely on its shoulders. This support, although essential to European security, "is distributed unevenly and relies largely on only a few member states", denounces Berlin.
Germany, the largest contributor of aid to Ukraine, and the Netherlands, among others, regularly criticize certain EU countries, including France, for the weakness of their financial contribution. Three EU countries had also obtained exemption from contributing to the 90 billion loan: Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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