Explainer: Euro zone mulls package to support economy against coronavirus
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With the euro zone economy in need of help during the coronavirus epidemic, officials have until April 9 to design a package that satisfies members with completely opposing views: those calling for joint debt issuance and those fiercely against it.Mutualising debt has always been a red line for Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Austria, but France, Italy, Spain and six other countries have called for "a common debt instrument issued by a European institution" to fight..