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EU forecasts 'recession of historic proportions' this year

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Video. EU forecasts 'recession of historic proportions' this year

Updated: 06/05/2020 - 18:15 GMT+2

"Europe is experiencing an economic shock without precedent since the Great Depression,'' the EU's economy chief Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday.

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