#CoronaBonds

Frederik Ducrozet

fwred

We've seen a déluge of papers, opinion pieces and op-ed calling for a bold European response. Can the Eurogroup act fast enough? It's not entirely clear what can be done

Jennifer Rankin

JenniferMerode

Isolated in EU council of ministers, views described as "repugnant" and 'unEuropean' - is Netherlands leader of the EU awkward squad? ahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/how-covid-19-poured-cold-water-on-netherlands-eu-ro

Mujtaba Rahman

Mij_Europe

Tonight's Eurogroup risks being a total car crash. Far from red lines evolving, North & South could not be further apart. *All 4 parts* of the package are at risk.

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREAD:IN THE SAME BOAT1. You may remember the thread I did a couple of weeks ago about fishing opportunities. It caused a bit of a kick back. The thread was

Vitor Constâncio

VMRConstancio

A quick way to have European common debt financing expenditures to deal with the crisis would be to use the EU Commission to issue bonds to finance exceptional programmes within

Sony Kapoor

SonyKapoor

A first reaction to the @EU_Commission announcement of the #recoveryfund #mff and other aspects of the Euro 750 billion #fiscalstimulus package to be launched by @vonderleyen today ... A twitter

Chiara Putaturo

ChiaraPutaturo

Tomorrow the #Eurogroup will discuss additional macro-economic measures in response to the #COVID19. 3 main topics are in the agenda: European Stability Mechanism vs CoronabondsEuropean Commission unemployment reinsurance scheme European

Maxime Combes

MaximCombes

#Eurogroupe : un Accord en trompe-l’oeilLe "plan de soutien à plus de 500 milliards €", qui devra être entériné par les chefs d’Etat, serait « excellent » et la démonstration d’une "UE

Europäische Bewegung

NetzwerkEBD

Crisis management can only work on a European level! 27 organisations and associations comment in our #EBDTelegramm why dealing with #COVID19 requires joint solutions instead of national egoisms. Read

David Adler

davidrkadler

Please: Do NOT be fooled by the German claim to “solidarity.”Maas & Scholz are smart enough not to look Dutch — while doubling down on their rejection of Coronabonds.A short

Matina Stevis-Gridneff

MatinaStevis

Last last night we got a preliminary deal among EU finance ministers, on a rescue package for the bloc's economies. It's headline figure is "half a trillion euros"- our story

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Impossible to overstate importance/scale of Eur 500bn Franco-German plan to reconstruct EU regions/industries worst hit by the Covid crisis. The Marshall Plan? The Merkel/Macron Pan is THREE times bigger. More

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREAD:WHILST YOU WERE SLEEPING1. They lost their bottle last year. They dipped their toe but decided the water was too deep. They tried very hard to stifle the noise we

Benoît BITEAU

BenoitBiteau

Depuis hier après-midi, je suis interpellé par de nombreux militants sur mon vote CONTRE un amendement proposé par la GUE (dont La France Insoumise fait partie) au Parlement européen. Ce

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

First of all some facts. Yes. The German army donated 60 ventilators to the UK.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/german-army-donates-60-mobile-ventilators-uk-coronavirus-nhs As to Italy: Germany donated 300 ventilators, part of 7 tons med

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

Just when I wrote about established narratives there’s another one here. So a short thread. First of all some facts. Yes. The German army donated 60 ventilators to the UK.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/german-army-donates-60-mobile-ven