EU Finance Ministers Agree to Funding to Cushion Impact of Coronavirus

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EU Finance Ministers Agree to Funding to Cushion Impact of Coronavirus

BRUSSELS—European finance ministers worked through deep differences to agree to a package of measures totaling half a trillion euros aimed at blunting the impact of the coronavirus on the fragile economy, officials said. But a bigger conflict over whether to share the costs of the health crisis was deferred.

The agreement late Thursday provided a moment of unity in what has been a bruising fight among European Union members over the response to the crisis, which has slammed some countries still recovering from the financial…

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