'It's up to us': how Merkel and Macron revived EU solidarity
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - It took a courtroom of scarlet-robed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German chancellor: propose huge cash handouts to the European Union's weaker economies.Merkel was already worried about the future of the Union after the coronavirus pandemic struck Europe in February, triggering a wave of deaths and crippling lockdowns.But it was Germany's own Constitutional Court that tipped her hand, sources said. Its bombshell ruling on May 5..