The President of the Committee of the Regions, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, in a statement issued on Friday 20 March, called for the establishment of a €10 billion European health mechanism to help cities and regions.
For Mr Tzitzikostas, the measures announced by the European Commission are certainly "a step in the right direction", welcoming the news of the relaxation of the Stability and Growth Pact and European state aid rules (see EUROPE B12446A2). However, according to him, "the Union...