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EU: On the Merkel-Macron meeting (see 1205BST bullet):
- Both leaders seem broadly supportive of the Commission's EUR750bn package,
although there remains notable pressure on Merkel from fiscal conservatives
within her own Christian Democratic Union to ensure there is strict
conditionality on any funds disbursed, and that a greater (or potentially all)
funds should be loans rather than grants.
- Meeting comes after bilateral dinner meeting between Macron and Dutch PM Mark
Rutte, leader of one of the 'frugal four' that have rejected any notion of
grants being used rather than loans. 

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