EUROPEAN COUNCIL / European council

Twenty-Seven approve a framework for development of a European Recovery Fund backed by EU post-2020 budget

Brussels, 23/04/2020 Agence Europe)

The fourth summit by videoconference of the Heads of State or Government of the European Union since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was clearly not the scene, on Thursday 23 April, of the confrontations observed during the previous summit (see EUROPE B12455A1). 

After 4 hours of discussion, the Twenty-Seven validated Mr Michel’s roadmap for reviving the European economy to match the unprecedented socio-economic crisis that is taking hold (see EUROPE B12472A1). They, above...