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Italian PM: Franco-German recovery deal is not enough
COVID-19 misinformation widely shared on Twitter: report
Italy’s beaches face coronavirus chill
Franco-German recovery deal meets resistance
Merkel’s milestone moment
Polls show Europeans losing patience with governments
Ischinger: German-French recovery plan could transform EU and seal Merkel’s legacy
Chairman of Munich Security Conference urges capitalizing on pandemic to make historic changes.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg calls out Chinese internet model
The tech CEO praised ‘deeper collaboration’ with democratic governments during a talk with Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Berlin buckles on bonds in €500B Franco-German recovery plan
New fund would borrow from financial markets to give grants to countries hit hard by coronavirus.
Sweden won’t dodge economic hit despite COVID-19 light touch
Customers staying at home and weak demand in the rest of the EU means economic pain ahead.
Hungary’s rule by decree could end in June, PM’s chief of staff says
But if the number of coronavirus cases ‘starts to radically increase,’ the current order could continue.
COVID-19: Better health system data, resilience and priority setting
Chinese officials advocating tough measures in containing and tackling disease outbreaks would have seemed a world away from Europe only a few months ago. So too would …
Boris Johnson: I understand the frustration of new coronavirus rules
The British prime minister says that people find the new regulations ‘complex.’
Italy takes ‘calculated risk’ to reopen borders from June 3
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says Italians will have access to swimming polls, gyms and sports centers from May 25.
Manfred Weber: Ban Chinese buy-outs of EU firms during pandemic
The European People’s Party chief said Chinese investors are trying to buy undervalued EU companies hit by the crisis.
How European workers are reinventing themselves during lockdown
The coronavirus has forced many furloughed or unemployed workers to take on odd jobs to make ends meet.
Coronavirus reheats Europe’s food nationalism
Some see culinary jingoism as threat to the EU’s single market.
Orbán signals backtracking on rule by decree
Prime minister says Hungary will return to normal parliamentary system.
How Nick Clegg is trying to fix Facebook’s global image
But is the former deputy UK prime minister changing it for the better — or putting a fresh shine on deep problems?
How Google and Apple outflanked governments in the race to build coronavirus apps
Tech giants played hardball in forcing policymakers to fall in line with their approach to building digital tracking tools.
EU Confidential #152: Timothy Garton Ash — Second wave — War on leaks
Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Acast | Stitcher Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European studies in the University of Oxford, doesn’t mince words about the challenges — and opportunities — …
With Obamagate, Trump returns to a favorite distraction tactic
For years, Trump has promoted theories about his predecessor to distract from unwelcome news, elevate himself and excite his base. The details are rarely important.
Boris Johnson turns to polling and ‘common sense’
UK prime minister’s coronavirus exit plan reveals much about how team Vote Leave operate in government.
‘Conspiracy bingo’: Transatlantic extremists seize on the pandemic
The virus and its economic trauma are helping white supremacists, immigration foes and other far-right activists.
EU Confidential coronavirus edition #9: Talking Tedros: WHO chief in spotlight — Sweden’s light-touch lockdown
Listen to the podcast on Spotify | Apple | Google | Acast | Stitcher We turn the spotlight on World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the man at the center of a global public health …
Europe fears coronavirus second wave
Planning for a another wave is hampered by how little we still know about the coronavirus, experts say.