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- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hosting EU leaders in Berlin to demand a smaller EU budget.
- The coalition of net-contributing countries, dubbed the “frugals,” seeks to cap the 2028-2034 EU budget.
- Merz called for several hundred billion euros to be cut from the Commission’s nearly €2 trillion proposal.
- Leaders from the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Denmark are expected to join the lunch.
