# EU’s Costa keeps Ukraine funding talks on late-November agenda despite Merz appeal

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/eus-costa-keeps-ukraine-funding-talks-on-late-november-agenda-despite-merz-appeal/
- Published: 2026-11-11T03:15:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T06:52:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Kyiv Independent
- Original article: https://kyivindependent.com/eus-costa-keeps-ukraine-funding-talks-on-late-november-agenda-despite-merz-appeal/
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- EU funding talks for Ukraine remain scheduled for 26–27 November.
- Ukraine faces a projected €70 billion budget shortfall in 2027.
- EU members disagree over how to share the expected €45 billion contribution.

## Summary

European Council President Antonio Costa has kept talks on funding Ukraine in 2027 at a special EU leaders’ meeting on 26–27 November, despite German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s request to discuss the issue sooner. Costa said Ukraine would also feature in broader discussions at an informal meeting in Dublin on 13 November, but the planned financing talks remain scheduled for later in the month.

Ukraine is projected to face a budget shortfall of €70 billion in 2027, with the EU expected to provide about €45 billion. The bloc has not agreed how to finance that contribution: Merz says the burden is falling unfairly on a small number of countries, while Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary and Bulgaria oppose Germany’s call for all members to share it. The November meeting will also cover the EU’s 2028–2034 budget.

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