EU proposes 15 billion euro fund to back strategic firms <!-- no image --> <div>The European Commission has proposed setting up a 15-billion-euro ($16.6 billion) fund to invest in strategic companies that have been weakened by the COVID-19 crisis.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=GfDaEooeoi4:W_7sXRdR6As:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=GfDaEooeoi4:W_7sXRdR6As:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=GfDaEooeoi4:W_7sXRdR6As:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=GfDaEooeoi4:W_7sXRdR6As:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=GfDaEooeoi4:W_7sXRdR6As:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/GfDaEooeoi4" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters