The agreement reached on the recovery plan is for the European Union constitutes "the most important moment since the creation of the euro," Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, July 21, a few hours after the end of the Brussels summit.

This agreement amounting to 750 billion euros is the result of "three years of work between France and Germany", he added to the 8 pm news from TF1.

Emmanuel Macron further estimated that the French taxpayer was "not intended to pay for masks" for everyone, but those who cannot buy them will be "helped", while wearing a mask has become compulsory in closed public places.

"The state, and the French taxpayer, is not intended to pay for free masks for everyone all the time. So I think it must remain a social policy." Those who cannot afford to buy it will be "helped", he said, while voices have been raised in recent days to ask for free.

With AFP and Reuters

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