BRUSSELS — Spain’s alleged misuse of the EU’s post-Covid funds to pay government pensions is triggering outrage in Germany and the Netherlands and reigniting criticism of joint EU debt. The European Commission has backed Spain in the escalating row over whether Madrid misspent up to €10 billion in EU recovery funds — intended to finance green and digital projects to enhance economic recovery — to plug a hole in its pensions system and finance social expenditure. But the possible misspending,

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