Agnès Bénassy-Quéré and Beatrice Weder di Mauro
After a period of hesitation, governments in Europe have reacted forcefully to the Covid-19 pandemic with various strategies combining social distancing, testing/quarantining, and lockdowns. During a pandemic, however, coordination is key, and in responding to the current crisis European coordination has proved as painful as ever. A new eBook brings together Vox columns analysing the three axes of European-level support – monetary policy and banking, state aid and fiscal rules, and funding – and identifies the main difficulties that will appear down the road. It concludes that the EU Recovery plan that is taking shape looks promising and could represent a significant sign of European solidarity and unity.
