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The European Commission announced measures to tackle the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak - but there is not much the EU can do more for now (Photo: European Commission)

Time of coronavirus shows importance of being European

It was already clear for a long time that when exceptional circumstances occur, the European Union can be pretty powerless: unable to bring the migration crisis under control, slow in fending off the financial crisis, incapable to stop the bloodshed in Syria.

But today, Covid-19 has exposed Europe's lack of thrust to a whole other level: Italy's cry for help to replenish something as basic as mouth masks, remained for weeks unanswered by all other European member states. It was China w...

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Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian MEP for Open Vld/Renew Europe, a former prime minister of Belgium and former leader of the ALDE group.

The European Commission announced measures to tackle the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak - but there is not much the EU can do more for now (Photo: European Commission)

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Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian MEP for Open Vld/Renew Europe, a former prime minister of Belgium and former leader of the ALDE group.

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