弗里德里希·默茨等六人威胁阻挠欧盟预算提案欧盟预算提案预计年底前获全部27个成员国批准梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州联盟谈判正在进行在波罗的海国家梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州，联盟谈判正在展开。
Friedrich Merz and five others threaten to block EU budget proposal EU budget proposal slated to be approved by end of year by all 27 EU states Coalition talks are underway in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Coalition talks are underway in the Baltic state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
社会民主党（SPD）本应与绿党会面，商讨组建政府事宜。社民党昨日也与社会主义左翼党进行了会谈。
The Social Democrats (SPD) are meant to meet with the Green Party to talk about forming a government. The SPD met with the socialist Left Party yesterday too.
在梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州，社会民主党、绿党和左翼党组成联盟是唯一可行的选择，以确保极右翼的德国选择党（AfD）无法参与执政。
A coalition between the Social Democrats, the Greens, and the Left Party is the only viable option in the state to keep the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) out of the math.
德国选择党以38.2%的得票率在该州选举中获胜，但由于其他政党均拒绝与其合作，该党无法在该州执政。长期执政该州的社会民主党以35.5%的得票率位居第二。德国政治日益极化的背后原因是什么？要观看此视频，请考虑升级至支持HTML5视频的网页浏览器据《金融时报》报道，默茨威胁拒绝批准欧盟预算德国总理弗里德里希·默茨及另外五个国家的领导人威胁，除非欧盟七年期预算提案被削减数十亿欧元，否则他们将拒绝批准该提案。
AfD won the contest in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 38.2% of the vote but has no option to govern the state since none of the other parties will work with it. The SPD, which has long governed the state, finished second with 35.5% of the vote. What's behind the rising polarization in German politics? To view this video, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Merz threatens to withhold approval for EU budget, FT reports German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his counterparts from five other nations have threatened to withhold their approval to a seven-year European Union budget proposal unless it were slashed by billions of euros as they've demanded for.
据《金融时报》报道，默茨与荷兰、瑞典、丹麦、奥地利和芬兰的领导人签署了一封信，明确表示他们希望将拟议预算削减数十亿欧元，否则将予以阻挠。欧盟委员会去年公布了2028年至2034年的预算框架，该预算需经所有欧盟成员国批准。
Merz and leaders from the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Finland have signed a letter to make clear their wish to have the proposed budget trimmed by billions of euros or see it blocked, according to the The budget for 2028-2034 was outlined by the European Commission last year and needs to be approved by all EU countries.
拟议预算总额接近2万亿欧元（2.33万亿美元），相关各方希望能在2026年底前达成协议。这一拟议金额远高于2021年至2027年期间的现行预算。
The proposed budget was set at nearly €2 trillion ($2.33 trillion) and parties involved are hoping to reach an agreement by the end of 2026. The proposed amount is significantly higher than the current one set at between 2021 and 2027.
本月早些时候，弗里德里希·梅尔兹表示，削减开支应该适用于所有政策领域，并拒绝通过进一步增加欧盟的联合借款来弥补资金缺口。
Merz earlier this month said cuts should apply across all policy areas and rejected relying on further joint EU borrowing to bridge the gap.
“过高的债务威胁着我们的主权以及我们的行动能力，”梅尔兹说，并补充道，各国政府面临着“确实非常艰难”的任务——即需要确定各项开支的优先级。
"Excessive debt threatens our sovereignty and our capacity to act," Merz said earlier this month, adding that governments had the "admittedly painful task" of setting priorities.
这位德国领导人呼吁欧盟下一份预算将支出重点转向提升竞争力和国防建设，认为“20世纪的预算框架”已无法应对当前的挑战。
The German leader has called for the bloc's next budget to shift spending toward competitiveness and defense, arguing that a "20th-century budget" could not address current challenges.
欧盟的预算主要依靠成员国提供的资金来维持；这些资金要么是以各国国民总收入为基础计算的捐款形式，要么是以与各国增值税收入挂钩的比例形式提供的。作为欧盟最大的经济体，德国在预算中的贡献额也是最高的。欢迎来到我们的博客，欢迎阅读本周二的《德国博客》栏目。
The EU budget is funded primarily through contributions from member states, either in the form of national contributions calculated on the basis of gross national income or as a percentage linked to national VAT revenues. As the EU's largest economy, Germany contributes the largest amount in absolute terms. Welcome to our blog and welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Germany blog.
目前，成员国们对拟议中的欧盟预算存在严重分歧，他们希望该预算能在今年年底前获得通过。
We're looking at sharp disagreements over the proposed European Union budget that member states want to see approved by the end of this year.
德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔兹以及来自其他五个国家的同行们威胁称，如果提案中的开支额度不减少数十亿欧元，他们将拒绝批准该预算。
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his counterparts from five nations have threatened to withhold their approval unless they see the proposal trimmed by billions of euros.
与此同时，在梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州，社会民主党、绿党和左翼党仍在继续进行联合组阁谈判，他们希望组建一个新的政府。
Meanwhile, coalition talks continue in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania where the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party are hoping to form a government.