EU plans to spend €100bn on saving jobs amid coronavirus crisis
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#51M3X)
Von der Leyen apologises to Italy for lack of solidarity and proposes Covid-19 'Marshall plan'
Ursula von der Leyen has laid out plans to borrow and spend a100bn to stop firms in the EU laying off staff during the coronavirus pandemic, and has apologised to the Italian people for the bloc's lack of solidarity.
The president of the European commission said she was confident the 27 member states would back her scheme, describing the EU's budget as the Marshall plan for the crisis, in reference to the post-second world war fund that rebuilt Europe.
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