The post-Covid-19 world: will the crisis force Europe to reinvent itself?

A London taxi participating in the joint initiative of the GETT application and the NHS, cleaned by professionals (Dropless agency) between two races offered to patients with signs of Coronavirus. © Simon Jacobs

By: Léa-Lisa Westerhoff Follow

Dark economic forecasts for Europe ... The figures keep coming, every day a little darker. One fifth of British workers are partially unemployed; 280,000 people became job seekers in Spain in a month; European economies are collapsing. Brussels is already talking about an unprecedented historic recession since the Second World War. What will Europe be according to the coronavirus? Undoubtedly a Europe in crisis.

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Ireland was among the European countries most severely affected by the 2008 crisis. Even today, the government plans a plunge of 10% of GDP and an explosion in unemployment, 220,000 jobs should be cut and these are the young people who risk paying a high price. Emeline Vin .

Reconciling tourism and limiting contamination
There is a double injustice in this pandemic. Not only does the Covid-19 not strike in the same way from one country to another, but in addition, in Europe, it is especially prevalent where tourism weighs particularly heavily in the economy. Greece, but also Spain and Italy which have suffered the full brunt of the ravages of the coronavirus will also take longer than the others to recover. They are already in debt and lack budgetary means. Italy, with its 8,000 km of coastline where seaside tourism generates 13% of GDP, is therefore in a particular hurry to reopen access to its beaches. Cecile Debarge .

Should we call to a new world? Boost the economy in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way? It is in any case the project of Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission wants to revive the economy of the European Union with her green plan. A great idea but will it get there? The explanations of Joana Hostein .

The success of short circuits
In France, agricultural producers did not wait for a European Union strategy to seize the opportunity presented to them. Deliveries, collection point, door-to-door, since the start of containment, direct sales have exploded. This is called short circuits. But will this trend of eating local to eat better continue after the Covid-19 crisis? Lise Verbeke's report .

Changing the way we consume, live in society or work, this pandemic will force us to readjust on multiple levels. In France, hybrid bikes are studying the possibility of installing glass between the customer and the driver to avoid any risk of contamination. In the United Kingdom, the famous "Black Cabs", the capital's taxis, have already started their moult. In partnership with the taxi application, GETT, and the national health services, the NHS and in order to be able to continue working, these "Black Cabs" have agreed to transform themselves into an ambulance taxi, Marie Billon .

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