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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) is in Berlin on Thursday, where she is meeting with, among others, Germany's Federal Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and Austria's Chancellor, Christian Stocker. Photo: Annegret Hilse/Reuters

Denmark and Germany demand cuts in new EU budget

Denmark and five other EU countries—Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, and Sweden—demand that the European Commission’s proposed 2028–2034 multiannual budget of nearly 2,000 billion euros be reduced by hundreds of billions of euros. According to their joint statement, all spending...

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