Germany’s Virus Aid Is More Than Half Total for Entire EU
- Biggest EU economy accounts for 51% of $2.1 trillion aid in EU
- France comes second with 17%, according to EU estimates
Staff set tables in a hotel restaurant as they may reopen for guests in Baden-Wuerttemberg, on May 18.
Photographer: Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images
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The European Union said Germany accounts for more than half the 1.95 trillion euros ($2.1 trillion) in Covid-19 state aid approved by EU regulators, in a sign that the bloc’s biggest economy is far outspending poorer nations to help its national companies survive the pandemic.