--- title: "In a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz directly linked Germany's support for… — gazetaru — DecisionGateway" description: "allegation by gazetaru, recorded 2026-11-09 — verbatim quote and source citation." canonical_url: "https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d172-1fae-70e5-ae8e-b4eb53b83c5e" meta: "og:description": "allegation by gazetaru, recorded 2026-11-09 — 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": "In a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz directly linked Germany's support for… — gazetaru — DecisionGateway" "twitter:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://dgw.tmarket.io/llms.txt) allegationSaid on 2026-11-09 # **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.** A allegation by [**gazetaru**](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1d549-f5bf-7182-977a-6a53e0104baf), said on 2026-11-09. Statements are as reported by the cited publishers — not verified by DecisionGateway. > *В письме председателю Евросовета Антониу Коште он прямо связал поддержку Германией бюджета ЕС на 2028–2034 годы с согласием всех стран блока финансировать Украину.* gazetaruPublished 2026-11-09 [ Read source](https://t.me/gazetaru/75019) [**gazetaru dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1d549-f5bf-7182-977a-6a53e0104baf) ## **Related claims** [**Merz said he would not support the seven-year EU budget for 2028–2034 unless all member states agree to finance Ukraine in 2027 and beyond.**Friedrich Merz · commitment](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cd19-6b88-7639-a142-86b060e5d245) [**Merz threatened not to approve the EU's next seven-year budget for 2028–2034 unless all member states agree to provide Ukraine with additional financial resources in 2027 and subsequent years.**Friedrich Merz · commitment](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cd7c-cccb-7982-b7f2-e2a2c4f9ff94) [**Merz threatened to block the adoption of the EU budget if all EU member states do not commit to helping Ukraine.**Friedrich Merz · commitment](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1c1e6-4ff9-7d75-a620-298ff9ea0a65) [**German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reportedly threatened not to approve the EU's next seven-year budget for 2028-2034 unless all member states agree to provide additional funding for Ukraine from 2027 onward.**Financial Times · allegation](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d352-6fa9-7934-a1a0-8dbb1a57c87a) [**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) [**Friedrich Merz threatens to block the new seven-year EU budget due to a lack of guarantees of support for Ukraine.**Financial Times · allegation](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1ced1-4707-7f06-a92f-fb14593cb00d) ## **More claims by gazetaru** [**Темой дискуссии стало формирование новой системы континентальной безопасности в постконфликтный период.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d175-ca58-717d-ba5f-51680fa6a706) [**Former police officers may start receiving money to open a business.**prediction](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d175-bdc0-76de-bca9-c07bf2d38ca1) [**The Russian economy lost 1.5 trillion rubles in a year because of drinking.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d173-e991-7210-b368-55f85314e5f8) [**Zelensky previously requested additional funds from the EU to cover a budget deficit of €70 billion.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d172-1ffb-72a2-a422-363aa5efd73f) [**The ultimatum came right before a meeting of EU leaders in Dublin.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d172-1fd9-7b8b-bdcd-6ac4d85a33a7) [All claims by gazetaru](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims?claimant_id=01a1d549-f5bf-7182-977a-6a53e0104baf) [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 3,000+ Telegram channels — every claim cited. 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