EU summit deal: what has been agreed and why was it so difficult?
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from Economics | The Guardian on (#55Z6M)
EU leaders have agreed a financial recovery plan after four days of intense negotiations
After four days and nights of hard-fought negotiations, EU leaders have agreed a 1.8tn (1.6tn) financial package, comprising a 750bn recovery plan intended to haul the bloc out of the worst recession in its history, as well as a 1.074tn budget for 2021-27.
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