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Why Germany is reluctant to bail out Italy

27 April 2020

8:24 PM

27 April 2020

8:24 PM

The European Union has done it again. Last Thursday, member states agreed on an aid package of more than half a trillion euros (£436bn). A good portion of that money will be used to revitalise the economies in Italy and Spain, the two European countries that have suffered the most deaths due to the virus so far.

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