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EU Agrees To $858 Billion In Grants, Loans To Bail Out Pandemic-Battered Economies

Exhausted leaders emerged from a marathon five days of talks with a rescue package to help member states weather their worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a joint news conference at the end of the European summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday.

European Union leaders emerged from five days of intense talks with a landmark 750 billion euro ($858 billion) plan to rescue the bloc's economies amid the ongoing assault of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exhausted heads of state and government finally voted unanimously

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