President Francois Hollande said some European Union countries have not shown enough “solidarity,” as he pledged to fight for structural and agricultural funds in the 27-nation bloc’s budget to be debated this week at a summit in Brussels.

“Some countries, that I won’t name, only come to cash in their checks, their rebate and their discounts because their idea of Europe is to get back exactly what they’ve spent,” Hollande said in a speech in Paris today.

To contact the reporters on this story: Helene Fouquet in Paris at hfouquet1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net