When German chancellor Angela Merkel announced one of the biggest U-turns of her career this week, the declaration was both emphatic and unexpected.
On Monday, she and French president Emmanuel Macron unveiled a proposal for a €500bn EU “recovery fund” to help the European economy back on i
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