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Chancellor Merz and Five Nations Demand Cuts to EU Budget Proposal

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and leaders from five other countries have threatened to block the EU budget proposal unless it is cut by billions of euros. Meanwhile, coalition talks are ongoing in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as the Social Democrats, Green Party, and Left Party seek to form a government to exclude the far-right AfD from power.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and leaders from five other countries have threatened to block the EU budget proposal unless it is cut by billions of euros. Meanwhile, coalition talks are ongoing in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as the Social Democrats, Green Party, and Left Party seek to form a government to exclude the far-right AfD from power.

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Germany news: Merz revolts over EU budget, report says

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Chancellor Merz and Five Nations Demand Cuts to EU Budget Proposal