European Union leaders gathered on Friday (July 17) for crunch summit talks on a multi-billion-euro plan to breathe life into their economies, their first face-to-face summit since the coronavirus pandemic plunged the bloc into its latest crisis.
Europe's stock markets and fast charging currencies were left treading water on Friday, as EU leaders met in Brussels to try to hammer through a 750 billion euro post-pandemic recovery fund. Ciara Lee reports
The good news is leaders agree a common response is needed. The bad news is that they disagree on how the money should be handed out.View on euronews
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