Member States have the flexibility to tackle the health crisis, but in order to prevent the mistakes made in the 2008 financial crisis, they should focus on the gradual economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic by investing in accordance with the EU's long-term strategic priorities, such as the transition to a decarbonised economy, digitisation of trade and upgrading workers' skills, says the European Commission in its socio-economic policy recommendations addressed to each of the 27...