Macron and Merz hold EU budget leverage but may be too weak to use it
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Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz go into a two-day Brussels summit from Thursday with the best chance to end months of deadlock on the EU’s roughly €2 trillion seven-year budget, pitting a Germany-led push for a smaller multiannual financial framework against France and others resisting cuts. Political pressure at home leaves both leaders poorly placed to compromise, as Siegfried Mureșan warned ongoing Council divisions delay adoption of funds for competitiveness, security, farmers and borders.
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