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Merkel: Germany 'can afford' more debt to fund EU recovery

by Associated Press
| June 28, 2020 12:03 AM

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country can afford to take more more debt to help fund an unprecedented economic recovery program for the European Union, because it's in Germany's own interest to see the bloc thrive.

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