European leaders fail to nail down recovery plan as infections top 1.1 mln

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) attends a press conference after an EU video-summit in Brussels, Belgium, April 23, 2020. Leaders of European Union (EU) states, though under mounting pressure to prop up their virus-stricken economies, failed to nail down a much-awaited recovery plan at a video-summit on Thursday. (European Union/Handout via Xinhua)