EU chief von der Leyen to propose €1 trillion coronavirus recovery fund

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EU chief von der Leyen to propose a roughly €1 trillion coronavirus recovery fund - but some countries need to be won over

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Image: DPA/PA Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Image: DPA/PA Images EUROPEAN UNION CHIEF Ursula von der Leyen is to propose a roughly trillion-euro post-virus recovery fund for Europe, but will have to win over sceptical member states.

The virus has killed at least 172,000 people in Europe and put its economy in a deep freeze, with businesses only slowly reopening and tight controls on borders that were once wide open for travel and trade. Merkel, who is in the final years of a long stint as German chancellor, also backs the EU helping virus-struck countries with grants rather than loans, another policy U-turn by Berlin.

European Central Bank Vice-President Luis de Guindos yesterday warned that more debts incurred by countries already under pressure could spook the markets and endanger the euro single currency.

 

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