EU chief unveils $2.3 trillion budget, calling it ‘the most ambitious ever’. But lawmakers remain unconvinced as the math doesn’t ‘add up’

The European Union needs a new budget that would allow it to respond to crises like Russia’s war on Ukraine or climate change, fund railways and energy grids, and protect farmers’ livelihoods, the EU chief said Wednesday while unveiling her proposal totaling 2 trillion euros ($2.3…