It m mandatory for people to wer masks on publicc transpoport. Hello. Welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. Firsrst to our top story. E. U. Leaders will meet later thursday to examinine financinga Recovery Fund for the bloc, a package of anywhere from one trillion euros to 7 trillion euros. There are divisions over how the money should be handed out, as loans or as grants. The Commission Says it could borrow against the security of the future e. U. Longterm budget. Bringing e. U. Economies out of the covid19 pandemic will require a stimulus package of hundreds of billions of euros. No one is questioning that, but how it should be funded is a different matter. Southern countries like spain and italy demand solidarity, financial help from the richer north. Pushing for corona bonds, a mutual icu debt. [speaking foreign language] other countries, including germany and the netherlands, argue any, debt instrument would end up punishing countries that have the foresight to save in anticipat