Beating the pandemic in Europe alone is not enough, officials say, pointing out that if coronavirus continues to rage elsewhere in the world, it will simply return in time.
"We will only win this battle with a coordinated global response," von der Leyen said in a video posted on Twitter.
The brief video did not give details of where the money would come from nor which countries would benefit. A senior EU official last week warned it would be"completely useless" to defeat coronavirus in Europe if it simply re-emerged from nearby countries struggling to contain it.
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