EU Executive Mulls 2 Trillion Euro Recovery Plan: Internal Note

BRUSSELS—The European Commission is considering a plan that would finance a European economic recovery with 2 trillion euros (about $2.15 trillion) after the deep recession the CCP virus pandemic is expected to cause this year, an internal note of the EUs executive showed.

The note said both the EUs next long-term budget for 2021-2027 and a new fund, called the Recovery Instrument, would be used to kickstart growth.

The note includes the Commissions proposals for an EU leaders summit taking place later on Thursday. Officials warned the proposals included in the document could still change.

Under the proposal so far, the Commission could borrow 320 billion euros (almost $350 billion) on the market and then lend roughly half of that amount to governments.

The rest of the borrowing would be part of the EU long-term budget and be repaid by EU governments after 2027 over a long time, or be paid back through future additional income to the EU budget, such as in the form of new EU taxes.

Some of the money could be handed to member states as grants.

There would also be another 200 billion (about $215 billion) in the budget in a Recovery and Resilience Facility, and a further 50 billion euros (almost $55 billion) in re-purRead More – Source