European Union agrees on $2 trillion package but fudges deal on rule of law
By Luke McGee and James Frater, CNN
Updated 4:59 PM ET, Thu December 10, 2020
Germany s Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and France s President Emmanuel Macron attend prior the start of the European Union Council in Brussels on July 17, 2020.
Brussels (CNN)The leaders of the European Union s 27 member states have reached a final agreement on the $2 trillion package designed to rebuild the bloc s faltering economies in the wake of the coronavirus recession.
The package comprises the EU s €1.1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) Multi-annual Financial Framework, which is paid into by every member state and distributed across the bloc over a seven-year period, and a special Covid recovery fund of €750 billion ($858 billion), for which the EU will centrally raise money on financial markets and hand out as both loans and grants to member states.
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