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Reuters: EU leaders deadlocked over COVID recovery plan after a day of haggling

Published July 18, 2020. Updated July 18 at 3:17 am

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (top), speaks via videoconference to top leaders during an EU-Eastern Partnership Leaders' summit at the Europa building in Brussels, on June 18, 2020.

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EU leaders failed on Friday to make headway in negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning.