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France gets first tranche of EU Covid-19 recovery funds • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 20 Aug 2021
#France said Tuesday it had received its first tranche of funds amounting to 5.1 billion euros from the European Union's multi-billion-euro coronavirus fund. #EU member states last month formally approved #recovery plans submitted by 12 countries -- including France, Italy and Spain -- paving the way for the first instalments to be paid.

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