BRUSSELS - "The common goal is to find an agreement quickly" on the Recovery fund "because we all have a warning before our eyes : the abyss of the economic crisis, we cannot waste time, I hope that an agreement will be reached by the summer , but a compromise is needed ": German Chancellor Angela Merkel said to the EU Parliament, recalling that" everyone is called to put themselves in the other ".
"The EU can only be strengthened by the crisis if it is willing to seek common solutions, if it is willing to understand the perspective of the other. We will be stronger than before if we strengthen the vision and sense of community, nobody leaves alone from crisis, "Merkel told the EU Parliament.
Merkel stressed that "our European economy has been severely shaken, millions of jobs have been lost, citizens have experienced fear of their own economic survival and now they need our support," said the German chancellor, stressing that "stopping the production chain had a very high price".
" In many member states some countries were waiting to use this crisis for their ends." So Angela Merkel , closing the door to "nationalisms" and invoking instead "common action can preserve our Europe".
"This crisis is deeper and much larger than ten years ago," when "some states saw youth unemployment skyrocketing , an unprecedented drop in public investment, which severely damaged infrastructure and for many it was trauma. But it doesn't have to be that way. If we do the right things we can get out of the crisis stronger ": said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in the EU Parliament.