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# **Merz sets condition for supporting the EU budget: all member states must help Ukraine financially**

Merz will back the EU budget only if every EU member state contributes financially to Ukraine, using Germany's role as a major net contributor as leverage.

## **Actors and targets**

[Friedrich Merzproposer](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1bee5-1168-779d-902b-697942b52505)

Targets EU:n budjettipolicy

[**Friedrich Merz dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1bee5-1168-779d-902b-697942b52505)

## **Source**

> Merz on siksi asettanut ehdon: hän tukee budjettia vain, jos kaikki EU:n jäsenvaltiot auttavat Ukrainaa taloudellisesti.

*uutishuone · Telegram [ Open post](https://t.me/uutishuone/2040402)*

## **Not established**

- Exact date of the decision or report
- Merz's full name and official title
- Which finance minister is referenced

## **Extracted detail**

<dl>

<dt>Decision</dt>
<dd>Conditional support for the EU budget tied to all member states helping Ukraine financially</dd>

<dt>Decision maker</dt>
<dd>Merz</dd>

<dt>Country</dt>
<dd>Germany</dd>

<dt>Stated reason</dt>
<dd>Berlin's dissatisfaction that Germany and several other countries have to finance Kyiv alone</dd></dl>

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