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The EU's new bond isn't as solid as it seems

23 June 2020

10:00 PM

23 June 2020

10:00 PM

Its rescue fund will bail out the poorer states. It will fuel a rapid economic recovery. And perhaps most of all, it will finally turn the European Union into a fiscal union, raising its own money, and distributing it based on which region needs its most. The EU’s new €750 billion (£680 billion) rescue fund has been hailed as a huge step forward for the Union.

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