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  "id": 19211317,
  "title": "Merz threatens to block EU budget over Ukraine aid, report says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/merz-threatens-to-block-eu-budget-over-ukraine-aid-report-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T17:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
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  "summary": "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would block approval of the EU’s next seven-year budget unless all member countries commit to financially supporting Ukraine in 2027 and beyond, the Financial Times reported on Nov. 9.",
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        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "Germany Threatens EU Budget Veto Over Ukraine Funding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/germany-threatens-eu-budget-veto-over-ukraine-funding",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:27:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Germany threatens to block EU’s next budget unless all 27 states help close Ukraine’s 70-billion-euro funding gap",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/germany-threatens-to-block-eus-next-budget-unless-all-27-states-help",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:25:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Merz threatens to block EU budget unless agreement is reached on Ukraine funding – FT",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/merz-threatens-to-block-eu-budget-unless-agreement-is-reached-on",
        "published": "2026-11-09T18:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Merz threatens to block EU's seven-year budget if member states don't commit to funding Ukraine – media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/merz-threatens-to-block-eus-seven-year-budget-if-member-states-dont",
        "published": "2026-11-09T18:23:15.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "German Chancellor Merz threatens to block EU budget unless four holdouts — Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic — commit to funding Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/german-chancellor-merz-threatens-to-block-eu-budget-unless-four",
        "published": "2026-11-09T19:44:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "How Germany's greatest goalscorer is guiding the next generation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/how-germanys-greatest-goalscorer-is-guiding-the-next-generation",
        "published": "2026-11-10T07:34:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "How Germany's greatest goalscorer is guiding the next generation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/how-germanys-greatest-goalscorer-is-guiding-the-next-generation-19302858",
        "published": "2026-11-10T07:34:12.000Z"
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