The current crisis cannot be compared to any crisis in the history of the European Union. No one, no job and no company is spared this global shock. As our societies and economies slowly find their way out of the severe restrictions of recent times, we continue to face extraordinary uncertainties. Our goal, however, is clear: Europe will face this crisis together and we will emerge from it stronger. It is the declared aim of our joint efforts to achieve a sustainable economic recovery for the European Union. We, Germany and France, are committed to our responsibility for the EU without any ifs and buts and we will ... (full story)