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The G20 leaders — including Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and Jair Bolsonaro — held a videoconference and issued a joint statement urging a coordinated international response, and pledged a “whatever it takes” approach to fight COVID-19. Together, they pledged to invest $5 trillion into the global economy. The current […]

Nielsen provides interesting information from countries across the world that are at different stages of the coronavirus crisis. (Nielsen.com) Kantar released the results of its global study into consumer feelings, attitudes, media habits and expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic, surveying more than 25.000 consumers across 30 markets. The full study is available for Kantar clients only (Source: […]

The European Council is to agree on a joint statement on 26 March which pledges to “start to prepare the measures necessary to get back to a normal functioning of our societies and to sustainable growth, drawing all lessons from the crisis”. The statement adds that the plan will “require an exit strategy, a comprehensive […]

The joint procurement of personal protective equipment launched by the European Commission to address the coronavirus crisis has proven successful. Producers made offers covering and in some cases even exceeding the quantities requested by the Member States that take part in the procurement, for every single item requested. The joint procurement covers masks type 2 […]

Compilation of press releases/ articles from various EU and national information tools, the EU newsroom and information provided by our members. Economic support to sectors Governments can spend their way out of the economic fallout from the coronavirus without fear of reproach after the European Commission last Friday put the EU’s deficit rules on ice. […]

The COVID-19 outbreak is a severe public health emergency for citizens and societies, with infections in all the Union’s Member States. It is also a major shock to the global and Union’s economies and a coordinated economic response of Member States and EU institutions is crucial to mitigate these negative repercussions on the EU economy. This shock is […]