Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was ready to backtrack on the sacrosanct zero deficit deficit rule in Germany on Wednesday to deal with the coronavirus epidemic.
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" This is an extraordinary situation, we will do what is necessary (...) we will do it so that we can get out of this situation and, afterwards, we will see what it meant for our budget " , assured the Chancellor at a press conference, adding that ending the epidemic was " first ".
