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Will Europe's Recovery Fund Cause More Problems for the EU?

Jamie Dettmer

   LONDON - After five days of grueling and at times ill-tempered talks,
   European countries this week finally agreed on an $870 billion recovery
   package to help the weaker members of the European Union weather what's
   shaping up to be the most testing recession in the bloc's history.

   There was relief when the negotiations concluded, and much talk in its
   immediate wake from EU bosses that the ill-natured Brussels summit had
   succeeded in strengthening the bloc and demonstrated that Europe is not
   too divided to handle the coronavirus pandemic and the economic
   repercussions.

   But the shouting is not entirely over, and what was agreed to may cause
   more problems for a bloc that remains divided about what sort of club
   the EU is or wants to be, warn some analysts.

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