Germany's Programme for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union has been published. Germany assumed the rotating six-month Presidency on 1 July 2020. The introduction provided in the programme document is as follows:
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Introduction
The European Union is facing a decisive challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic. During Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, we will do all we can to meet this challenge together and in a forward-looking manner, and to help Eur…