France favours flexible euro bailout fund deployment over coronavirus
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PARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone should mobilise its bailout fund to counter the economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak, and impose as few conditions as possible on states that access it, France's finance minister said on Tuesday.Euro zone finance ministers are due to discuss on Tuesday evening proposals from the European Commission about how to make use of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) fund, which has 410 billion euros (380 billion pounds) of unused lending power.Bruno Le Maire said..