In favor of " Corona loans " unlike Berlin, Emmanuel Macron calls for European budgetary " solidarity " in an interview with the Italian newspapers Corriere de la Serra, La Stampa and La Repubblica published on Friday March 27. " We will not overcome this crisis without strong European solidarity, at the health and budgetary levels, " said the Head of State.
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Nine European countries, including France and Italy, had called Wednesday, March 25 to launch a loan common to the entire European Union to deal with the coronavirus, putting pressure on Germany, opposed to any pooling of debts.
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“ Does the EU and the euro zone boil down to a very flexible monetary institution and set of rules which allow each state to act on its own? Or are we acting together to finance our expenses, our needs in this vital crisis? "Questions Emmanuel Macron.
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" It can be a common debt capacity, whatever its name, or an increase in the EU budget to allow real support for the countries most affected by this crisis ", a- he detailed. " The amount is secondary, it is this signal that counts, through the common debt or the common budget ," he added.
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