“Stingy” countries are trying to overturn the 500 billion plan by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron

Between them, they call themselves the four "frugals": Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Sweden. The others call them the four "stingy". Because these countries do not want to hear about the plan announced Monday by France and Germany to deal with the crisis. These four countries have only 40 million inhabitants. Less than Spain. Less than 10% of the total of 27. But they are reluctant to accept the Franco-German plan and as Bruno Le Maire said yesterday: "we will have to convince them and it will be difficult".

In fact, they don't want European solidarity ...

That's it: no question of paying a euro for others. They say to the countries most affected by the crisis like Italy or Spain: "If you have needs, go into debt. But there is no question of transferring money to you ”. These four countries are currently preparing their own plan, which already seems totally unacceptable. It is based on two points: European aid in the form of loans - while the countries which need it are already over-indebted - and conditioned on reforms: you can imagine Denmark or Sweden imposing on Italy a reform of its public hospitals or his retreats. Because it would come back to that. The four are not just "stingy". They are especially devoid of European spirit while certain regions of the continent are going through tragic moments. It will leave traces…