FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel checks her phone at the lower house of parliament (Bundestag), ahead of a Brussels summit for Brexit delay discussions, in Berlin, Germany March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic means Germany needs to ready for "an extraordinary act of solidarity" with other European Union countries, Chancellor Angela Merkel said as Berlin prepares to take on the rotating EU presidency from July 1.
In an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung and five other European newspapers, Merkel called the pandemic a "challenge of unprecedented dimensions" and urged EU members to maintain their internal market "and to present a united front in the world".
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