Spain Seeks 1.5 Trillion Euro Recovery Fund Using EU Perpetual Debt

Spain Seeks 1.5 Trillion Euro Recovery Fund Using EU Perpetual Debt
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez attends an extraordinary plenary session on measures to alleviate the consequences of the pandemic caused by the CCP virus in Madrid on March 18, 2020. Mariscal/Pool/Getty Images
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The Spanish government will propose to its EU partners that they create a 1.5 trillion euro ($1.63 trillion) recovery fund financed through perpetual debt to aid countries worst-hit by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus crisis, a discussion paper shows.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will outline the proposal to his European colleagues during a summit on April 23, in a bid to lead the negotiations looking for an acceptable solution after the Netherlands and Germany ruled out common debt issuance, a foreign ministry source told Reuters.