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

Unity against COVID: Economic relief & success of the EU’s pandemic response (so far)
Unity Against COVID: Economic Relief & Success of the EU’s Pandemic Response (so far) | GZERO World

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.


Watch the episode: Christine Lagarde, Leading Europe's United Economic Pandemic Response

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