BRUSSELS — A group of wealthy northern EU countries has launched a revolt against a proposal for only minimal cuts to the bloc’s €2 trillion budget. The plan for a 2 percent (€32.8 billion) cut to the European Commission’s proposal for 2028 to 2034 , put forward by the Cypriot government in its role at the six-month helm of the presidency of the Council of the EU, falls short of the demands by fiscally conservative countries, including Germany and Netherlands. "It is unaffordable, unbalanced,