EU deadlocked on €750bn coronavirus rescue plan as northern nations dig heels in

The main stumbling block is over vetting procedures to access aid from the planned economic recovery fund

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EU leaders have failed to agree on a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, and will try again to find an agreement whe talks resume on Saturday. .

Many of the 27 heads of government declared on arrival for their first face-to-face summit for five months that a deal was crucial to rescue economies in free fall and shore up faith in the European Union.

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