when it comes to germany, christian lindner says he still has specific points of concern with the fiscalules and those will have to be addressed in the coming days. let's show you the remarks from the german finance minister. >> silvia, we have those ready for a couple of minutes time we will come back to that tape and silvia's comments and questions to the finance ministers. silvia is standing ready to brussels a busy breaking news in europe this morning from brussels it is not just european finance ministers on the show. >>> big week for a.i. news where arjun will join us next to breakdown the latest $14 girl, what is you doing? but making smoothies is such a hassle. not with blendjet. what's going on? shhhh. hold that thought. just pour in some milk, throw in some frozen fruit, and in 20 seconds you've got yourself a nutritiou and delicious smoothie. mmm! tastes just like the ones they sell here. and for a whole lot less. i'm ruined. awww. kick your expensive smoothie bar habit to the curb. order yours now at blendjet.com. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg f

to the entire budget of germany, but it is precisely this that haunts finance minister christian lindnerack of this amount in his interviews, coincidentally, it is exactly 17 billion euros germany spent on military support for ukraine. the problems were added by the recent decision of the federal constitutional court, which prohibited spending 60 billion euros on climate and environmental issues. in any case, germany needs to cover the deficit of 60 billion euros, it is clear that they can cover this deficit either by increasing taxes or by cutting social programs, so it is now impossible to talk about any serious financial injections into the ukrainian conflict. if these funds are nevertheless found, then they will most likely be of a rather symbolic nature, an important component is a sharp increase in spending on national defense for well-known reasons, and germany’s participation, including the budgetary participation, in the processes of assistance to ukraine. those amounts that are considered by the imf council in the form of various tranches, they, of course, are sent more than on

are two parts of this government that have promises, that greens' expensive climate transition, and lindner was ongoing on sunday straight into the budget negotiations, they are ongoing again today, the question is could they skew this and suspend the debt break partially for next year, saying you can only do that when there is a crisis, that the war in ukraine still constitutes crisis so the 8 billion euros that would go to ukraine is suspended from the debt break -- is that a possible thing they could do? this is part of the negotiations ongoing today and we won't know until everything is resolved. lizzy: how very european, nothing agreed until all agreed. oliver crook, we thank you. ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy is headed to washington for talks with president joe biden. ukraine is facing a second winter of war, amid uncertainty over continuing aid for the country from western allies. let's bring in bloomberg's europe correspondent in brussels. maria, zelenskyy is doubling down on the diplomatic efforts, what is he hoping to achieve? >> brinkley, we have not seen volodymyr zelenskyy on s

take out their wallets and part with money in order to help kiev; german finance minister christian lindnerne. germany stands on the side of ukraine, ultimately the european order of peace and freedom is defended there, we supply weapons systems, germany funds most of the time there is no sign that half of all aid from europe. more needs to be done now, but in any case we must strive for a better distribution of aid between partners. it cannot be that others are doing less because germany is doing more. you see who, how and how much invested in this common ukrainian pot. in fact, only the devils in hell will determine, but here, too, some changes are taking place, in order to maintain hope for the current level of financial support, kiev will have to give something, that’s what they think in europe, that’s what the prime minister of the earth said saxony. perhaps, in the event of a ceasefire, ukraine will first have to admit that certain territories are temporarily inaccessible to ukraine, not a single square meter of ukrainian territory has become russian, but as in the case of other major

finance minister christian lindner would be delighted give way to germany. germany funds europe. time management. it cannot be that others are doing less because germany is doing more. at the end of last week, the netherlands made an urgent decision to send 18 aircraft to ukraine. his potential successor and leader of the freedom party, which won the november elections, the eurosceptic wilders has repeatedly spoken out categorically against providing assistance to ukraine. there is little military equipment in the netherlands , i was chosen, my colleagues were chosen to defend the interests of the dutch, and i will not give billions to ukraine for nothing, the europeans are tired and they are trying to buy off ukrainian refugees, following switzerland and norway, monetary compensation to the ukrainians for their return the czech republic is offering to return to their homeland, however, the government of the country will only partially cover the costs, and if citizens of ukraine want to come to the czech republic for a long time again, they will be required... they allocated tens