Von der Leyen stunned as German MEP rages at Brussels chief over 'nonsense' bailout plan
GERMAN MEP Jörg Meuthen unleashed a scathing attack on the European Commission's bailout plan during the European Parliament's plenary session today.
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Mr Meuthen slammed the European Union's recovery package as nonsense. The German MEP praised Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden for all refusing to agree to the bailout.
Mr Meuthen said: "I think Chancellor Merkel was very clear when she said there wouldn’t be any corona bonds or Euro bonds but now, we have this recovery fund providing grants of €5million.
"We have taxpayers who are financing this money on behalf of the European Commission without any proper legal basis.
"This does not seem to bother anybody though.
"You Commission President come here supporting this nonsense saying it is not enough and you want €500million more.
"Let me say this is completely wrong, this is nonsense."
He continued: "This is a huge price for EU citizens to have to pay. So you are just spending as if there is no tomorrow with taxpayers' money.
"This completely lacking any responsibility or economic sense here.
"This does not make sense in terms of spending and taxes.
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"We are talking about huge figures of money here and this is hypocritical, all in the name of solidarity.
"We have seen Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden all refuse to agree to this nonsense."
At the time of writing, Germany has the fifth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world.
The nation has more than 180,000 cases in total at the time of writing.
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