 "From April to June, gross domestic product fell from the first quarter by 11.9 percent in the 27 member states of the European Union, and by 12.1 percent in countries that use the euro currency")
Europe has been praised for keeping the pandemic in check while reopening its economy. Unlike in the US, a combination of responsible individual behaviour and smart public policy has delayed a resurgence of the new coronavirus.
However, economies and citizens can only take so much of closures and extreme social distancing. From Germany to Greece, an increase in new cases is threatening to turn into a more serious second wave of Covid-19. Some of this is inevitable as shops and businesses reopen, and the younger profile of the newly infected means the latest cases have been less serious. But Europe can’t
