ADVISORY EU-SUMMIT/ARRIVALS-ROUNDTABLE -- EXACT SCHEDULE TBC -- TIMINGS APPROX

EU leaders meet to haggle over COVID recovery money

Start: 18 Jul 2020 09:18 GMT

End: 18 Jul 2020 09:33 GMT

EDITORS NOTE: THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS THE SECOND DAY IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AND MAY CHANGE AND MAY DEPEND HOW LATE THE FIRST DAY OF THE SUMMIT GOES ON TIL -- PLEASE MONITOR FOR UPDATES

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BRUSSELS - The 27 national EU leaders arrive for a second day as they meet in person for the first time in months to haggle over the bloc's proposed 1.1 trillion euro budget for 2021-27 and an accompanying 750 billion euro recovery fund meant to help kickstart European economies battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

SCHEDULE:

0630GMT - Arrivals

0930GMT - Roundtable/ TAPE PLAY OUT

TIME TBC - Post summit news conference

TIME TBC - Merkel news conference

TIME TBC - Macron new conference

Restrictions:

BROADCAST: NONE

DIGITAL: NONE

Source: REUTERS / AGENCY POOL / EUROPEAN UNION

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Location: Belgium

Topic: Politics / International Affairs

Audio: NATURAL / VARIOUS EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

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