The European Commission is ready to “do whatever is necessary” to help the Member States and today, especially Italy, promised its President, Ursula von der Leyen, on Friday 13 March by presenting a package of emergency measures to stop the further spread of COVID-19 which is paralysing the European Union.
The coronavirus is “a major shock” to the European economy, but Mrs von der Leyen said that she is convinced that the EU is in a position to deal with it if it acts in a...