Slovakia's Robert Fico accused the German chancellor of "blackmail" as four EU countries resisted his demand to link approval of the bloc's next long-term budget to fresh financial support for Ukraine.

The leaders of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria have pushed back against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ultimatum to make approval of the EU's next long-term budget conditional on fresh financial support for Ukraine.

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[–] 17 points 11 hours ago

Those countries are: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria.

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