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EU nations clinch $2.1T budget, virus aid deal after 4 days

by Associated Press
| July 21, 2020 12:03 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — Weary but relieved, European Union leaders finally clinched an unprecedented 1.82 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days and as many nights of fighting and wrangling over money and power in one of their longest summits ever.

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