EU Ends Standoff, Moves Forward With Budget And Coronavirus Relief Fund

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Charles Michel, president of the European Council (left), Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission (center) and Angela Merkel, Germany

Poland and Hungary had blocked the EU budget over a provision requiring each member nation to uphold the bloc's rule-of-law principles. The two are nations investigation for not doing so.

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