The challenge of addressing covid-19’s economic effects in Europe
A swift response depends not only on national governments
FEW PEOPLE would wish to trade places with Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s prime minister. As covid-19 spread he put the entire country into lockdown for the first time since the second world war. Now he must try to contain the economic effects. But he is finding that tackling them also depends on lenders and Europe’s institutions.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Mr Conte counts the costs of covid”
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