AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoEU Budget Showdown: Chancellor Friedrich Merz is leading calls for a smaller 2028–34 EU budget, while leaders remain divided over spending on Ukraine, defence and regional support. Ukraine Policy: Merz rejected U.S. control of Russian assets frozen in Europe and reaffirmed support for Kyiv, despite an AfD–BSW push in a German state assembly to end military aid. Coalition Pressure: Labour Minister Bärbel Bas’s resignation continues to expose strains in the governing coalition; Alexander Schweitzer has taken over the post. Berlin Politics: Coalition talks over forming a left-led Berlin government remain stalled over an antisemitism deal, while the state parliament extended German military missions in the Red Sea and South Sudan.
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