Germany and six EU net contributors reject Ireland's proposed budget cuts as insufficient
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Germany and a group of six major net-contributing EU nations rejected Ireland's proposal to trim the upcoming 2028–2034 EU budget draft by approximately 8 percent, or 159 billion euros. Led by German Chancellor Merz, the coalition of countries—including Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, and Austria, which collectively fund 40 percent of the budget—demands significantly larger cuts from the nearly 2-trillion-euro proposal.
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