欧洲联盟能否在圣诞节前通过预算？这仍然充满不确定性，因为27位欧盟领导人将于周四和周五在布鲁塞尔会晤，必须达成政治协议，以制定覆盖2028-2034年的新多年财政框架。“我们必须拿出方案。而且必须在今年年底前拿出方案。我们必须及时达成协议，以便新预算能够在2028年1月1日投入运行，”欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔在峰会前夕警告称。
Will the European Union have a budget by Christmas? That remains far from certain, as the 27 EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday must reach a political agreement to set a new multiannual financial framework covering 2028-2034. "We need to deliver. And we need to deliver by the end of this year. We must reach an agreement in time to have the new budget operational on 1 January 2028," warned European Council President Antonio Costa on the eve of the summit.
若能在年底前就这份2万亿欧元、为期七年的预算达成协议，将为欧洲议会在2027年底最终谈判前审议文本提供足够时间。
Reaching an agreement on the €2-trillion, seven-year budget by the end of the year would give the European Parliament enough time to examine the text before final negotiations at the end of 2027.
在布鲁塞尔，德国总理弗里德里希·默茨率先发声，要求在年底前达成协议，“尽管目前欧盟内部的想法相差甚远。”他补充称，达成协议是可能的，前提是“在12月的欧洲理事会会议上，我们最好多带几件备用衬衫。”政治格局正在变化所谓节俭国家的领导人——那些希望在不增税的情况下将预算削减“几千亿欧元”——希望达成妥协，因为欧洲的政治格局正在快速变化。
In Brussels, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz fired the opening shots, demanding an agreement "by the end of the year, although the ideas within the European Union are very far apart today." He added that reaching a deal would be possible, provided "for the European Council meeting in December, we would do well to pack a few more spare shirts than usual." Political landscape in flux The leader of the so-called frugal countries – those seeking to reduce the budget by "several hundred billion euros" without introducing new taxes – wants a compromise because Europe's political landscape is changing rapidly.
面对国内来自德国选择党（AfD）极右翼的压力，以及西班牙11月29日的选举以及法国、希腊、意大利和波兰在2027年全年的选举，许多领导人感到压力，认为必须在反欧势力可能上台之前完成新预算的制定。剩余内容仅限订阅者阅读。
Facing pressure from the far-right Alternative for Germany party at home, as well as elections in Spain on November 29 and in France, Greece, Italy and Poland throughout 2027, many leaders feel the urgency to finalize the new budget before anti-European forces could potentially come to power. You have 61.87% of this article left to read. The rest is for subscribers only.