--- title: "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sent a letter on this topic to European Council President António… — sulinfoge — DecisionGateway" description: "statement by sulinfoge, recorded 2026-11-10 — verbatim quote and source citation." canonical_url: "https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d073-7f44-74ee-b4e1-647a3575c525" meta: "og:description": "statement by sulinfoge, recorded 2026-11-10 — verbatim quote and source citation." "og:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" "og:image:alt": "White network of connected nodes crossed by a timeline on black" "og:image:height": "1024" "og:image:width": "1024" "og:title": "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sent a letter on this topic to European Council President António… — sulinfoge — DecisionGateway" "twitter:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://dgw.tmarket.io/llms.txt) statementSaid on 2026-11-10 # **German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sent a letter on this topic to European Council President António Costa.** A statement by [**sulinfoge**](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1d549-f109-7a7a-9b97-f3609acced33), said on 2026-11-10. Statements are as reported by the cited publishers — not verified by DecisionGateway. > *გერმანიის კანცლერმა ფრიდრიხ მერცმა ამ თემაზე წერილი ევროპული საბჭოს პრეზიდენტ ანტონიუ კოშტას გაუგზავნა.* sulinfogePublished 2026-11-10 [ Read source](https://t.me/sulinfoge/11552) [**sulinfoge dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1d549-f109-7a7a-9b97-f3609acced33) ## **Related claims** [**The Financial Times reported this, citing a letter from Merz to European Council President António Costa.**Financial Times · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cd7c-ccf5-766c-b0ac-f72180e49047) [**Merz issued an ultimatum to the EU over the budget and Ukraine aid.**Friedrich Merz · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1c2ae-5a80-79b6-aa4c-baf4ba986558) [**默茨致信欧洲理事会主席科斯塔，将欧盟新一轮七年期预算与对乌资金援助挂钩。**新华社 · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1caed-45be-74bb-8f7c-333aa13f4020) [**German Chancellor Friedrich Merz threatened to block the next seven-year EU budget if member states refuse to provide aid to Kyiv in 2027 and subsequent years.**FT · allegation](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d172-1f83-75aa-8f15-d9601263a93a) [**FT published a note on the matter and obtained a letter from the German chancellor addressed to the president of the European Council.**nect24 · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cf17-c9cb-77a2-8b5d-2598e2d4698a) [**In a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz directly linked Germany's support for the EU budget for 2028–2034 to all bloc countries agreeing to finance Ukraine.**gazetaru · allegation](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d172-1fae-70e5-ae8e-b4eb53b83c5e) ## **More claims by sulinfoge** [**For Georgia it is important whether the agreement will reduce regional risks or whether dependence on Russia's consent will weaken the guarantees.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d073-9202-7246-8ed3-c88802a57652) [**The EU is discussing allocating about 45 billion euros for Ukraine, but this is not a final decision.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d073-8109-7b82-8272-7c7edfda5149) [**The leaders of Bulgaria and Slovakia refused to participate, while the positions of Hungary and Czechia are unclear.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d073-80c8-7364-bf9d-25e2ba68a6f1) [**According to a source, Germany may not support other financial decisions if members do not join the additional assistance.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d073-8093-7914-aa0b-685befdb9126) [**Merz also demands that sustainable funding for Ukraine be decided in the 2028–2034 budget negotiations and that the issue become a priority of the leaders' summit to be held in Dublin on 13 November.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d073-7ffa-756f-a092-90a59292060f) [All claims by sulinfoge](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims?claimant_id=01a1d549-f109-7a7a-9b97-f3609acced33) [All claims](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Decisions, events and falsifiable forecasts from 3,800+ Telegram channels — every claim cited. 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