(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 10 NOV - "A clear understanding of how we will support Ukraine in the coming years is a critical prerequisite for the success of budget negotiations; this is a shared European task, not the responsibility of individual member states. That is how we have always viewed it, and how we have structured our policy toward Ukraine in recent years," stated German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a press conference in Berlin with Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, where they discussed ongoing negotiations on the European Union budget. "We must fully incorporate our policy towards Ukraine into the European budget. I am aware that there are differing perspectives on this—at least four member states hold opposing views—but we must continue to discuss the issue. Péter Magyar and I discussed openly the fact that this is a domestic political issue in Hungary." (ANSA).