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July 14, 2020 "The European Union was built on dialogue, not vetoes". Pedro Sanchez said this at the press conference in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We know that there are different views on what the EU should be like," added the Spanish premier. And it is precisely the dialogue "the task of the leaders at the next European Council", where an agreement on the Recovery Fund must be found "as soon as possible". According to Sanchez, "the recovery must not be postponed".

"If we postpone Recovery the crisis will worsen"
"Spain will do everything to reach an agreement by July. This must be the month of the agreement" on the Recovery Fund, aimed at supporting the economies most affected by the coronavirus crisis. The Spanish premier said so. According to the head of the government of Madrid, "if we continually postpone the agreement, the crisis will worsen". According to Sanchez, European leaders have a "historic dimension responsibility" before them. "There is no recovery if there is no unity" in Europe, "one of the lessons we have learned from the pandemic is that we must go forward together".

Merkel: "Su Recovery ready for compromise"
Regarding the Recovery Fund and the EU's multi-year budget, "we aim to resolve everything together, we will be ready to compromise". This is what Angela Merkel said at a press conference in Berlin together with the Spanish premier. "We are facing an important summit of the European Council", explained Merkel, adding that "Charles Michel prepares the discussion with great intensity". There are still "different ideas", the chancellor still says, "but we are in an unusual and extraordinary situation", therefore to bring Europe back to growth it is important to draw the necessary lessons from the pandemic which as we are still learning is not "It goes without saying that bilateral relations with Spain are very good," said the Chancellor, adding that "we know that the country has been hit hard by the pandemic. We will do everything to see how we can work together even more closely on the defense of health. "

Tomorrow Sanchez from Macron With a
view to preparing the European summit on 17 and 18 July, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, will receive the head of government tomorrow at the Elysee Spanish, Pedro Sanchez and Thursday the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven Macron will be in Brussels already Thursday evening, the eve of the summit which will have to take crucial decisions on the recovery plan of 750 billion euros for which, in addition to Italy, France and France are fighting Germany: resistance from the "frugal" countries of Northern Europe to be overcome Thursday Macron will meet Giuseppe Conte, but also Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.