Merz Proposes Tying EU Budget to Ukraine Loan; Fico, Magyar Object

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposes linking the EU's next multi-year budget to agreement on a new multi-billion-euro loan for Ukraine, a move that would leverage EU funding to secure member-state consensus on Ukraine aid. Slovak PM Robert Fico calls it 'classic blackmail,' and Hungarian PM Peter Magyar also opposes conditioning the budget on other commitments, signaling a potential intra-EU clash over Ukraine financing.

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