Berlin — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Germans to show endurance and discipline to get through the coronavirus pandemic that is “still at the beginning”, and called for a bigger EU budget to support economic recovery in the bloc.

Merkel is worried that Germans are slacking off their social-distancing efforts after the federal and regional governments agreed to open shops this week...

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