Development NGOs and MEPs, as well as the UN, welcomed the EU’s aid plan of over €20 billion agreed on Wednesday 8 April to support developing countries and those in crisis in the fight against coronavirus. They all particularly welcomed the importance the plan attaches to taking into account the potentially devastating humanitarian consequences of COVID-19 for these countries (see EUROPE B12464A13, B12464A14).
For this plan to be effective, however, Oxfam considers “crucial that the...