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EU budget must bankroll Europe’s independence, von der Leyen says

Summary by Politico Europe
Commission president’s pitch for a €2 trillion spending plan comes as the bloc weighs how to reduce its reliance on the U.S. and China — and faces a German-led push for hundreds of billions of euros in cuts.

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PARIS (FRANCIA) (ITALPRESS) - The next budget will be the financial arm of our independence.With over 450 billion from the European Competitiveness Fund and the Horizon Europe programme, we will support the entire supply chain: from research to innovation, from the laboratory to the enterprise, from the first prototype to industrial production. Europe cannot take on new ambitions without having the means to finance them. Thus, the President of t…

·Rome, Italy
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The EU stands for "the mother of budgetary debates".

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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​German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has joined forces with five other European leaders to oppose plans to significantly increase the long-term budget of the European Union (EU), calling for the European Commission (EC) proposal to be reduced by hundreds of billions of euros.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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At the center of a new and fierce political confrontation is the next seven-year budget of the European Union, with Ursula von der Leyen arguing that Europe needs significantly larger… Battle in Brussels over the budget: Von der Leyen calls for strong funding and European independence - NAVAL TRADE

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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, calls for a larger EU budget for ‘Europe's independence, while Germany and its allies are calling for reductions of hundreds of billions of euros. The next seven-year budget of the European Union must contribute to reducing the dependence of the foreign power bloc, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, according to POLITICAL. The President's statement …

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Reformatorisch Dagblad broke the news in Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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