On 1 July, Germany takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union for the next six months, as Europe is battered by the Covid-19 pandemic and facing a severe economic crisis. On the agenda of Chancellor Angela Merkel: a draft common budget, the corona recovery plan, Brexit...
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