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Coronavirus: EU chief proposes Europe-wide unemployment guarantee

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the EU will propose a bloc-wide guarantee that could raise 100 billion euros ($109 billion) to aid strained national unemployment schemes as millions of jobs are hit by efforts to slow the coronavirus outbreak. SOUNDBITE

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