Germany will focus its six-month presidency of the European Union from July 1 on the fight against the new coronavirus and its social and economic ...
FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a media statement after a video conference of EU leaders on the spread of the new coronavirus disease in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2020. Michel Kappeler/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN: Germany will focus its six-month presidency of the European Union from Jul 1 on the fight against COVID-19 and its social and economic impact as well as environmental issues, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday .
"It will be clearly dominated by the issue of combating the pandemic and its consequences," Merkel said of the presidency in her weekly video podcast, adding that as long as there was no vaccine, COVID-19 would dominate life in Europe.
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