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Chancellor Angela Merkel today warned lawmakers in her conservative coalition “not to have high hopes of opening Germany’s borders,” an issue that will be discussed by the cabinet tomorrow, Wednesday, the same day the Commission announces both recommendations. opening of borders as well as for tourism.
The government wants to move towards normalcy in the Schengen area, but Angela Merkel has said that France will certainly not open its borders before mid-June, President Macron announced yesterday.
In the same meeting with Christian Democratic lawmakers, the chancellor said that Germany should help its neighbors in the European Union to strengthen its economy after the coronation crisis. “It is important that Germany, as an exporting country, and its EU partners do well,” Merkel told lawmakers ahead of consultations on an EU reconstruction program, the scope and financing of which are openly, the chancellor said.
Germany was the most successful European country in reducing the spread of the virus, in part thanks to mass diagnostic tests, which led to a partial restart of the economy. It was not in anyone’s interest to be able to support only Germany after the crisis, Merkel said at the meeting, participants said.
The chancellor agreed with Ralph Brinkhaus, head of the conservative parliamentary CDU / CSU coalition, that Germany should transfer much more money to Brussels. The federal parliament (Bundestag) will participate in the decision. Previously, Brinkhaus said that Germany wanted to help its European partners, but needed to know where the billions would be used. The European Commission is expected to present revised budget proposals next week.
Christian Democratic Budget Expert (CDU) Eckhart Reberg described Germany’s finances in a grim picture during the meeting. He warned that it will likely take until 2023 for taxes to return to 2019 levels, with revenues down 6.5% this year, participants said.
naftemporiki.gr with information from AMPE, Reuters
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