德国总理弗里德里希·默茨周四抵达布鲁塞尔出席峰会时表示，欧洲领导人在欧盟下一个长期预算问题上依然存在巨大分歧。
Arriving for a summit in Brussels, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that European leaders remain widely divided on the European Union’s next long-term budget.
默茨在峰会会场对记者说：“我们正面临艰难的谈判。”他补充说，领导人们将进行深入且建设性的会谈，但在未来几天内达成协议的可能性不大。
“We are facing difficult negotiations,” Merz told reporters at the summit venue, adding that leaders would hold intensive and constructive talks but that an agreement was unlikely to be reached in the coming days.
默茨：由于系统错误或缺失了这一句的双引号格式，此处照源文严格翻译“我希望我们能在年底前就多年度财政框架达成结果，尽管今天欧盟内部的想法还相距甚远，”他说道。
“I wish that we can reach a result on the multiannual financial framework by the end of the year, although the ideas within the European Union are very far apart today,” he said.
“我们面临艰难的谈判，但我怀着促成良好结果的坚定意志进入这些谈判。因为欧洲必须保持行动能力并实现自主，”他补充道。
“We face difficult negotiations, but I enter these negotiations with the firm will to bring them to a good result. Because Europe must remain capable of acting and become sovereign,” he added.
默茨批评了爱尔兰针对欧盟预算提出的最新妥协方案，称计划中的削减远不能满足达成协议的需求。
Merz criticized Ireland’s latest compromise proposal for the EU budget, saying that the planned reductions fall far short of what is needed for a deal.
“与（欧洲）委员会的提议相比，我们必须大幅削减共同预算。欧盟没有哪个成员国能够承担得起如此规模的欧盟缴款，”他说道。
“We must significantly reduce the common budget compared with the (European) Commission’s proposals. No member state in the European Union can afford to pay contributions to the European Union on this scale,” he said.
他指出，当前的提议比当前多年度财政框架的资金水平高出50%。
He noted that the current proposal lies 50% above the funding level of the ongoing multiannual financial framework.