Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel , her country must remain "prudent and cautious" in dealing with the coronavirus Crisis , as it is not "The End -phase, But still just the beginning".

"We have to Live With this virus for a long Time ," Mrs Merkel told Parliament before the EU Summit , via video link.

She Said , Germany should be ready, "the make are quite different, so much higher contributions to the EU budget".

The video of the Summit , the EU is the fourth coronavirus is now on the way.

the EU Leaders are expected to sign off on a new €540bn (£470bn; $575bn) emergency Fund for the protection of European workers, companies, and countries, those most likely to be the Corona Virus outbreak. The Details are yet to be developed.

The €540bn would be published by the EU institutions that already exist, including the European stability mechanism (ESM), the main bailout Fund, in response to the financial Crisis of 2008.

you should strive to start the release of funds from 1. June.

But a thornier question, to commit to how much the extra to the EU budget for dealing with this Crisis , and how much of the 27 member States together spend. There are plans for a special recovery Fund, such as the post-1945 Marshall Plan.

Italy and some other countries want EU help in the aid grants, no loans. The extent of The Crisis is so, They argue, that a minimum of 1, -€. 5 trillion will be needed.

Mrs Merkel, said the extra EU budget funds should be provided "in a spirit of solidarity" and for a limited Time .

Italy, the epicenter of the pandemic in Europe, was loudly urging his EU partners to jointly Debt guarantee.

But Germany , the Netherlands and Austria, against any form of communitization of Debt in the form of so-called "corona bonds". Under the current regulations of the EU member States not liable the debts are made for each other.

The old trenches emerged from The Crisis in the Euro zone in 2009 - a supposedly frugal Northern Europe versus the spendthrift South - again, with this outbreak.

The View of Rome is that a common Crisis needs a common solution. Faced fierce resistance especially from Germany and the Netherlands, in Italy, can not get married, his idea of the "corona bonds" - Debt mutualisation - But still, for a financial package that no amount of punishment of each individual economy. That, After All , is The Spirit of the Common Market , which Italy contributed to this.

Many Italians feel abandoned by a EU, the hoarding has, protective equipment and Closed Borders .

polls show anti-EU feeling is at the highest ever here. The leader praises the hard-right brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni , said to me, have shown, the EU, the inadequacy and the removal of the solidarity of its members craved, the idea of Italy as a beggar, you are wasting your money.

"The EU exists through Italy," She Said . "But it is now a system that favors the other. "The Party is steadily in the polls.

the French President Emmanuel Macron has sided with Italy and Spain in this Crisis , warning that it threatened the existence of the EU. Italy, Spain and France - in that order - the highest European death toll from Covid-19, each over 20,000.

On Thursday, German authorities said coronavirus cases nationwide has risen 148,046, and The Number of the dead in connection with Covid-19 had an increase from 215 to 5.094.

Mrs Merkel said: "it is the greatest challenge since the second World War , for The Life and health of our people".

she urged "the highest discipline" in order to avoid the start-stop feature to lock.

"We must not miss what has been achieved already," She Said , praising the efficiency of Germany 's healthcare system and The Armed forces' role.

"The question is, how can we prevent The Virus from overwhelming our health care system and subsequently, the lives of countless people this question for a long Time is the Central question for policy in Germany and Europe. "

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that nursing home residents account up to half of the Covid-19 deaths in Europe, which is a "deep image".

Mrs Merkel said that Europe needs to strengthen its capacity for the production of specialized medical kit, instead of depending on global supplies, which are now very excited.

it is also called, THE an indispensable partner in The Fight against The Virus . President Donald Trump , the financing of The Body exposed to US.

"I know how hard the restrictions are, it is a challenge to democracy, it limits our democratic rights," She Said , adding that the democratic transparency, such as a free press, contributed to The Situation bearable.

"It's amazing how much the understanding shown by the people, for each other," She Said . MPs often applauded.

Source of news: bbc.com