🇪🇺 EU BUDGET BATTLE: Von der Leyen Demands €2 Trillion for "Independence"
The EU's next seven-year budget is a battlefield. Von der Leyen wants €2 trillion to reduce reliance on the US and China. Germany and five allies are demanding cuts of "several hundred billion euros."
🗣️ "The next budget will be the financial arm for our independence."
💶 The Commission has proposed a budget of almost €2 trillion – including €450 billion for the European Competitiveness Fund and Horizon Europe.
🧠 The empire is fracturing – Germany wants austerity; Southern and Eastern members want spending. The EU is not a unified power – it is a collection of competing interests.
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