Angela Merkel warns Europe against reimposing lockdowns ‘at any cost’
20 August 2020 - 21:31
Paris— German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European leaders to work together to avoid reimposing lockdowns as a resurgence of the coronavirus threatens already battered economies.
“Politically, we want to avoid closing borders again at any cost, but that assumes that we act in co-ordination,” Merkel said on Thursday during a visit to Emmanuel Macron at his presidential residence along the Mediterranean coast...
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