PARIS (Reuters) – Italy will receive a first payment of 21 billion euros ($23.53 billion) from the “Next Generation EU” fund to help states compensate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.
($1 = 0.8926 euros)
(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel, editing by Foo Yun Chee)
