BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 18: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talks to media prior the start of an EU Summit in the Europa building, the EU Council headquarter on December 18, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today's EU Summit will focus on Ukraine aid, the next multiannual budget and enlargement, while the EU-Mercosur trade talks remain stalled as Italy and France say a signing is premature and the EU has only secured provisional safeguards on farmproduct imports. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
