THREAD: A primer on #Spain and #coronavirus, ahead of my live interview in an hour (11am New York time) with Ambassador Santiago Cabanas. Register to join here https://bit.ly/2UVVxC9 ">https://bit.ly/2UVVxC9&q... https://twitter.com/politico/status/1248322304196608001">https://twitter.com/politico/...
US and Spain have very similar death tolls around 16,000 now, though Spain’s population is around 47 million and the US 325 million. Spain& #39;s a little ahead of US in the curve: daily new case numbers are finally down.
You& #39;ve probably seen the Spanish army by now, lol
So it matters that top ministers like foreign minister @AranchaGlezLaya and deputy PM @NadiaCalvino Calvino are former #EU officials. That should help in a crisis, but northern countries have been reluctant to go all in with financial support to the harder hit south of Europe.
González said to her northern neighbors “we are in this EU boat together. We hit an unexpected iceberg. We all share the same risk right now. No time for discussions about alleged 1st & 2nd class tickets." Many Germans blame southerners for their problems https://www.politico.eu/article/half-germans-blame-italy-spain-pandemic-poor-governance-poll-coronavirus/">https://www.politico.eu/article/h...
As for when will Spain re-open? Parliament extended a state of emergency until April 25 but opposes semi-permanent expansion of executive power and suspension of rule of the type seen in #Hungary. https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-hungary-13-countries-deeply-concerned-over-rule-of-law/">https://www.politico.eu/article/v...
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