COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel gave enthusiastic backing on Tuesday to a long-planned but disputed multi-billion euro tunnel from Denmark to Germany that would significantly cut road travel time from Scandinavia to continental Europe.
Merkel was visiting Denmark on the day parliament in Copenhagen passed legislation allowing for the construction of the tunnel and unlocking funds of up to 65 billion Danish crowns (6.26 billion pounds).
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