‘Europe’s Moment:’ EU Lays out Costly Rescue for Squabbling Bloc

‘Europe’s Moment:’ EU Lays out Costly Rescue for Squabbling Bloc
Members of the European Parliament are seen during a plenary session on a new proposal for the EU's joint 2021-27 budget and an accompanying Recovery Instrument to kickstart economic activity in the bloc ravaged by the CCP virus outbreak, in Brussels on May 27, 2020. Johanna Geron/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive unveiled a 750 billion euro plan ($823 billion) on May 27 to prop up economies hammered by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, hoping to end months of squabbling over how to fund a recovery that exposed faultlines across the 27-nation bloc.

The blueprint received an initial positive reaction from Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Madrid, as well as the European Parliament, and the chairman of EU leaders said they should aim to finalize an agreement before the summer break.