BRUSSELS: EU leaders return for a tense third day of summit talks yesterday amid a clash over the scale and rules of a huge planned coronavirus economic rescue package.
For two days, the Netherlands and its “frugal” allies have resisted the pleas of Germany and France, the bloc’s most powerful members, to agree a plan to lift the countries hardest hit by the pandemic – most notably Spain and Italy.
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