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HARDtalk: French Minister for Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire: EU faces 'gravest crisis'

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French Minister for Economy & Finance Bruno Le Maire: EU faces 'gravest crisis'

22/05/2020 GMT

French Minister for Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire: EU faces 'gravest crisis'

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, French Minister for Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire: EU faces 'gravest crisis'

France's Minister for Economy and Finance on how the EU should respond to the pandemic

France's Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says 'we are clearly at the decisive moment of the history of the European Union' and EU solidarity is now crucial.

When faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Union struggled to respond with collective action. The countries first and worst affected, Italy and Spain, complained of a lack of solidarity. Is that changing? The leaders of France and Germany are backing a plan to inject at least 500 billion euros into an economic recovery programme. Stephen Sackur speaks to French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. Is the pandemic taking the EU in a new direction?

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