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“The way back to normality will be very long,” the European Commission will say today in its “roadmap” for easing the pandemic restrictions which have upended daily life. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/it-s-a-long-road-to-normal-in-eu-reality-check-brussels-edition?sref=FSjtyMb8">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Brussels Edition: The Long Road to Normal

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/it-s-a-long-road-to-normal-in-eu-reality-check-brussels-edition?sref=FSjtyMb8

EU’s crisis response mechanism agreed yday that communication from governments & the Commission must manage expectations from the lifting of restrictions. ‘We will have to live with the virus until a vaccine or treatment is found& #39; will be the key message from the Commission today

Main points from the exit “roadmap”: easing restrictions must be gradual, begin when infections significantly decline for a sustained period, hospitals have enough beds, drugs & equipment, and large-scale testing, tracing & quarantine capacity are in place https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/europe-s-plans-for-going-back-to-work-are-starting-to-take-shape?sref=FSjtyMb8">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Europe Is Planning How to Get Back to Work After Subduing Virus

Europe’s leaders are sketching out strategies for reactivating economies battered by the coronavirus, with Germany poised to examine an easing of restrictions on public life and Denmark ready to...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/europe-s-plans-for-going-back-to-work-are-starting-to-take-shape?sref=FSjtyMb8

Also:
* Measures for older adults should stay in force for longer
* #Covid_19 cases will start rising when restrictions are eased
* Hence mobile phone apps must be used widely to track mobility and contacts, as well as for voluntary reports of mild cases https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/eu-to-push-for-coordinated-virus-tracking-mobile-apps?sref=FSjtyMb8">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

EU Pushes for Coordinated Virus-Tracking Mobile Apps

A pan-European approach for Covid-19 mobile apps should be drawn up by April 15, the EU said in new proposals aimed at using virus-tracking digital tools safely and more effectively.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/eu-to-push-for-coordinated-virus-tracking-mobile-apps?sref=FSjtyMb8

The roadmap will have no good news for tourism-dependent economies. Restrictions on travel should be gradual and begin with allowing trips between least affected areas, according to the Commission. The roadmap won’t say it but the tourism season seems lost https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/greece-s-reliance-on-tourism-is-a-weakness-in-the-age-of-corona">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Greece’s Reliance on Tourism Is a Weakness in the Corona Age

Just as Greeks are emerging from a decade-long crisis that cost the country a quarter of its output, the impact of the coronavirus on the vital tourism sector threatens to deprive them of the fruits...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/greece-s-reliance-on-tourism-is-a-weakness-in-the-age-of-corona

Finally, the roadmap will have a very polite and indirect message for Hungary, recommending the “gradual” replacement of states of emergencies with “more targeted interventions” to ensure “democratic accountability”. Not likely to move Orban https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/orban-s-pandemic-power-grab-reveals-the-eu-s-wider-frailties?sref=FSjtyMb8">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Orban’s Pandemic Power Grab Reveals the EU’s Wider Frailties

Europe is alarmed by Hungary’s authoritarian turn, but can do little to stop it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/orban-s-pandemic-power-grab-reveals-the-eu-s-wider-frailties?sref=FSjtyMb8

And here& #39;s the roadmap, it& #39;s officially out now. Pretty bleak: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/here-s-europe-s-plan-to-get-people-back-to-work-after-covid-19?sref=FSjtyMb8">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Here’s Europe’s Plan to Get People Back to Work After Covid-19

The European Commission says companies and workers won’t get back to business-as-usual until there’s a vaccine or a cure for Covid-19. In the meantime, the European Union’s executive has drawn up...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/here-s-europe-s-plan-to-get-people-back-to-work-after-covid-19?sref=FSjtyMb8

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