A combination of four images shows a surgical mask (top R), a self-made protective mask (top L), a FFP3 Respirator mask (bottom L) and a FFP2 Respirator mask (bottom R), as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Hanau, Germany, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
BERLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus is the European Union's biggest ever challenge and member states must show greater solidarity so that the bloc can emerge stronger from the economic crisis unleashed by the pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday.
Germany and the Netherlands have been criticised by Italy and Spain - the two countries worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak - for rejecting calls that the euro zone issue common debt to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic.
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