Key EU states agree coronavirus economic rescue: diplomats
Reuters
Published Apr 09, 2020 03:58PM ET
Updated Apr 09, 2020 05:00PM ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands reached an agreement on Thursday evening on an economic support package against coronavirus epidemic, paving the way for a deal among all 27 EU finance ministers, diplomatic sources said.
The agreement includes minimal conditions for governments to access credit lines from the euro zone bailout fund, focused on financing of health expenses related to the virus.
In a sign the Netherlands gave up on its previous tough stance, there were no economic conditions attached, the sources said.
Diplomats also said that the compromise agreement mentions the willingness of finance ministers to explore "innovative" financial instruments to finance a recovery fund to pull the EU out of the expected recession, without mentioning joint debt issuance.
(Reporting Jan Strupczewski, Editing by Gabriela Baczynska)
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