(L–R) Greece's PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez, Portuguese's PM Antonio Costa, Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a last roundtable discussion following a four-day European summit at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, on July 21, 2020. EU leaders approved a 750 billion euro package to revive their coronavirus-ravaged economies after a tough 90-hour summit on July 21, along with a trillion-euro budget for the next seven years. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
There is no solidarity without responsibility. The European Union Recovery Fund can’t be used as an excuse to perpetuate bloated political spending and create a transfer union where governments use taxpayers’ money to increase bureaucracy, because it would be the end of the European project.
