German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday that there's no scope for Berlin to boost payments to the European Union's budget.
"Given the necessary cuts in our national budget, we are currently unable to make any additional contributions to the EU budget," Lindner told Der Spiegel in an interview in Brussels ahead of the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council, which takes place later today.
The European Commission previously argued that the bloc's 2021-2027 budget has been "maximally exploited" due to the rising costs of support to Ukraine, adding that it will present revisions to the budget on June 20. According to Lindner, the Commission is expected to request more funding following the revision.
