EU talks deadlocked over division of vast economic recovery fund
19 July 2020 - 22:07
Brussels — A EU plan to breathe life into economies throttled by the coronavirus pandemic hung in the balance on Sunday as leaders quarrelled over how to carve up a vast recovery fund and what strings to attach for countries that benefit from it.
After three days of meetings in Brussels, the 27 EU states were still seeking a compromise on the fund, though their summit was still shy of the bloc's record length set in the French city of Nice 20 years ago...
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