| UPDATED: 16:29, Fri, Feb 12, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The European Union hopes to start giving out money from its 750 billion euros coronavirus economic recovery fund before the end of the summer, the bloc's top officials said on Friday as they finalised approval of the landmark stimulus. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament head, David Sassoli and Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa called on the bloc's 27 member states to move quickly now to approve a linked decision to allow the Brussels-based EU executive to borrow the funds on the market. But political expert Yanis Varoufakis said the bloc is being pulled apart by new institutions like the fund.