Merkel Warns Europe Against Reviving New Virus Lockdowns
- Macron, German leader say Europe needs to coordinate strategy
- EU faces resurgent threat to economy as case trend points up
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European leaders to work together to avoid renewed lockdowns as a resurgence of the coronavirus threatens already battered economies.
“Politically, we want to avoid closing borders again at any cost, but that assumes that we act in coordination,” Merkel said Thursday during a visit to Emmanuel Macron at his presidential residence on the Mediterranean coast.