France, Italy Step Up Push For Crisis Tools Resisted by Germany

Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte.
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By Alessandro Speciale and Robert Williams

March 28, 2020 at 10:32 AM UTC

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France and Italy’s leaders stepped up their demands that the European Union offer a powerful financial response to the coronavirus, setting up a confrontation with Germany and other northern countries reminiscent of the sovereign debt crisis.