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BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday reiterated his push to link the EU’s next budget to unanimous backing for a multibillion-euro Ukraine loan, despite Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico labeling the demand “classic blackmail.” Supporting Ukraine “is a shared European responsibility, not the responsibility of individual member states,” Merz told reporters at a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar. “That is why the question of how we will finance Ukraine in the coming years, if necessary, naturally belongs within the context of these budget negotiations.” Merz’s demand, which he also laid out in a letter to European Council President António Costa on Friday, has triggered a backlash. “What the German chancellor is doing is classic blackmail, and I reject it,” Fico said Tuesday during a meeting with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in Bratislava, according to Slovak media. The EU and partners are currently discussing a new €70 billion loan to support Ukraine in the next year against sustained Russian attacks. The EU plans to shoulder about €45 billion of the loan, while other allies like Britain, Canada and Japan are expected to stump up the remaining €25 billion. Merz argued that he does not want to repeat last year’s approach, when a different €90 billion loan for Ukraine was agreed only with financial guarantees and liabilities from most EU countries, while three nations — Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia — secured an opt-out. “In my view, continuing down this path is not a good option. We must fully incorporate Ukraine policy into the EU budget,” he said. However, that view is not shared by Magyar, who came to Berlin with four ministers and a state secretary to discuss deeper cooperation, underlining the general rapprochement between Germany and Hungary after years of icy relations under Budapest’s previous leader Viktor Orbán. “I would like to note here — diplomatically and with all due respect as the Hungarian prime minister — that I do not necessarily consider it the right approach for the European budget, which is actually intended for seven years and for Europe,” to be “linked to other matters,” Magyar said.

ABU DHABI — European representatives have agreed to review the continent’s overarching security arrangements with the United States to minimize tensions between Russia and NATO allies, on the first day of the latest Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi.  According to two near-identical statements — one from U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and another from the European Council — Ukraine and its European partners agreed with the American side that it is “essential” to address “post-war security concerns” and reduce “the risk of conflict” in the region.   “The shared objective is to develop a practical and mutually reinforcing security framework that strengthens Ukraine’s long-term security and builds the confidence necessary to reach a negotiated settlement,” the two statements said. “Alongside a central focus on a lasting peace, the discussion covered how to build upon existing European security institutions and agreements following the conclusion of the war in Ukraine.”  Before the teams from Ukraine and Russia met, preparatory talks took place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday morning involving European powers, Ukraine and the U.S. team. Two officials familiar with these discussions, granted anonymity to discuss confidential matters, said these first talks were substantial and the mood was positive. The topic of Europe’s future security architecture is acutely sensitive for European governments, who fear that President Donald Trump may be preparing to radically reduce U.S. support for security in their region, after years of bashing NATO allies.  Russia has been demanding a say over scaling back NATO’s efforts in Europe and has repeatedly insisted Ukraine should never join the alliance, something Kyiv and its closest allies have traditionally supported.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a guestbook in Berlin on Nov. 3, 2026. | Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images One critical question is sequencing. Will a deal on wider European security be part of a final Ukraine peace agreement or will it come later? Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some of his strongest supporters have said in the past that there is no place for Russia to demand a wider European-NATO settlement as a condition for ending the war.  The Abu Dhabi talks mark the first time in nine months that negotiators from Ukraine and Russia have met with representatives from the U.S. for trilateral negotiations on peace. Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and Witkoff are leading for the American side and pushing hard to expand the scope of the discussion to include Europe’s future security, and to get Europe a seat at the table.  Since Trump returned to the White House last year, his administration has publicly and privately criticized Europeans for not doing enough to take responsibility for their own defenses. Under American pressure, NATO allies agreed new targets to increase their spending on security and defense to 5% of GDP by 2035. And Trump’s officials have already said they will be cutting back on U.S. troop deployments to Europe.  Ahead of the trilateral talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi, the American and Ukrainian delegations met with European representatives, including top officials from the European Commission, the European Council, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy, and NATO.   “They discussed how to ensure strong mechanisms for managing risk and avoiding dangerous escalation,” the two statements said. “The participants reaffirmed their shared commitment to a strong post-war European security architecture and arrangements, and were clear that a strong NATO will remain central to Euro-Atlantic collective defense.” Veronika Melkozerova and Zoya Sheftalovich contributed to this report.

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