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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a stack of files representing new laws in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2020 during a joint press conference with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on the supplemental budget 2020 and how the ministries will react against the new coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz holds a stack of files representing new laws in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2020 during a joint press conference with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on the supplemental budget 2020 and how the ministries will react against the new coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

March 29, 2020

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Virus forces Europeans to ask: How united do we want to be?
March 29, 2020 12:25 p.m.

Virus forces Europeans to ask: How united do we want to be?

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Europe’s fractured union came under new pressure this weekend, as Italy and Spain pleaded for urgent European help to withstand the virus ordeal but Germany showed reluctance to plunge into any radical new solutions.