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Unity against COVID: Economic relief & success of the EU’s pandemic response (so far)

September 29, 2020
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Unity Against COVID: Economic Relief & Success of the EU’s Pandemic Response (so far) | GZERO World

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How was it that after decades of infighting, European nations were able to come together so quickly on an economic pandemic relief package? "I'm tempted to say because of COVID-19…because the triggering factor for the crisis was not the banks…not the bad behavior of some policy-makers somewhere in the region. It was actually this teeny tiny little virus..." European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde tells Ian Bremmer how a microscopic virus spurred the greatest show of international unity in years.


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