Europe needs to activate bailout fund without strings attached - French finance minister

PARIS (Reuters) - EU states need to be able to access the European Stability Mechanism without strings attached to deal with the coronavirus crisis, France's finance minister said on Wednesday after his EU counterparts failed to agree on using the bailout fund."The European Stability Mechanism was created to deal with a crisis. What are we facing? A deep and serious crisis," Le Maire told journalists after a cabinet meeting."Therefore it is indispensable to be able to use this European Stability..