Olaf Scholz: "Our objective is to complete the European recovery plan under the German presidency"

The German Minister of Finance wishes to strengthen the European budgetary union, while the German Presidency of the Council opens for six months.

All together to relaunch Europe ”: this is the title under which we placed the German Presidency of the Council which started a few days ago. We are not living in a normal period: the world is going through the first health crisis of the 21st century. In Europe alone, more than 140,000 citizens have died to date from the virus or with the virus. The economic and social consequences of the pandemic affect each and every one of us.

Crises are tests for communities. Being there for others when they are in need: this is the central idea of ​​solidarity on which the European Union is based. Communities prove themselves or collapse in times of crisis. Europe has proven itself. Mutual assistance between EU countries has been stronger than in any other region of the world: hundreds of

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