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Fico accuses Merz of ‘blackmail’ over Ukraine funding
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz of blackmail after Berlin sought to tie Ukraine funding to negotiations over the European Union’s next long-term budget, escalating tensions between the two leaders over support for Kyiv.
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