Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by RUGER Dima
After the large anti-mask demonstrations in Germany in recent months, and the violent reactions against lockdowns and curfews in Madrid, Denmark and especially in the Netherlands in recent days, Austria has been experiencing its first major mobilisations against health restrictions since last (...)
, by GEDDES Linda
Exclusive: Health service urged to rethink safety for frontline staff and provide better PPE and ventilation.
The NHS has been urged to rethink safety for thousands of frontline staff after new research suggested that Covid patients’ coughing is putting them at far greater risk of catching the (...)
, by ZELLER Christian
On 19 December, scientists launched an international appeal for the containment of the Covd-19 pandemic throughout Europe.[[Contain COVID-19. A joint statement of scientists from all across Europe, 19 Decembers 2020 “Calling for Pan-European commitment for rapid and sustained reduction in (...)
, by DOGLIOTTI Fabrizio
Calabria, a region of southern Italy, was at the end of October declared a “red zone” by the Italian government. But, whereas in the other red zones of the North (Piedmont and Lombardy) this measure was taken in relation to the figures of contaminations and deaths, in Calabria, it was taken in (...)
, by CRCHA Jakub, MOKASHI Shachi
Looking at the trajectory of the development of the pandemic since the outbreak, most of the countries in Eastern Europe rank as the most successful in containing the virus. These are the countries where the number of confirmed cases is disproportionately low and where life has returned to a (...)
, by BOFFEY Daniel , CONNOLLY Kate, JONES Sam, WILLSHER Kim
Message echoes across continent that pleasures of communal life may soon be sacrificed again.
The advice from Spain’s health ministry this week was simple.
Using the hashtag #Don’tChuckitallAway, the ministry told people not to kiss or hug friends and family, not to share plates, to keep a (...)
, by JOHNSON Mark
With only 11 deaths for 5.45 million inhabitants, and only 10 Covid-19 victims in intensive care, Slovakia has been much more successful than West European countries in containing the pandemic. Citizens ask themselves how long a landlocked country can resist the pandemic. Economically, the (...)
, by RUGER Dima
Once again, Germany appears in this crisis as the good European pupil: a relatively low number of deaths despite a higher number of official cases than in France, without “hard” confinement, and a government which appears to be a rather good manager. Its Austrian neighbour has even managed in (...)
, by Fourth International (European organizations)
This statement was issued by the European organizations of the Fourth International on 8 April 2020.
In Europe, and especially in the European Union – i.e. the world’s second largest economic bloc, it is being proven day after day that the public policies pursued over the last twenty years have (...)
, by TSONEVA Jana
Bulgaria has the weakest health and social security systems in the EU. Patients officially pay 48% of health costs, but that doesn’t include the bribes required to obtain decent service. For years, nurses and doctors have emigrated to Western Europe, those remaining are overworked and (...)
The Spanish Cabinet on Tuesday 31st March approved a series of economic and social measures following the almost total shutdown of the economy in the wake of the confinement measures introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus and ease congestion in the country’s hospitals.
Government (...)
, by European network against privatization and commercialization of health and social protection
Our sale is not for sale
On April 7, 2020, World Health Day, spread European solidarity for a universal public health policy!
The outcomes of the deliberate choice to impose responsibilities of the European Union (EU) on Member States through austerity policies are being illustrated by the (...)
, by LAU Stuart
Top-of-the-line N95 masks did not fit well and filters did not function properly, Dutch government says. It comes after Spain asked for Covid-19 rapid test kits imported from China to be replaced because they were unreliable.
Dutch officials have recalled 600,000 face masks manufactured in (...)
, by OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza
Statement by National Committee of IP - The Workers’ Initiative Union (OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza) in response to the Polish government’s emergency measures in light of the Corona crisis.
In response to the crisis brought on by the Corona virus pandemic, the government of Poland adopted a set of (...)
, by SOLTY Ingar
As of March 2020, the world is back to the future. The global financial crisis of 2007-2008, which escalated into a global financial meltdown in September 2008, was supposed to be the big bang crisis, a once in a lifetime event. And yet, here we are again.
The Russia/Saudi Arabia-oil dispute (...)
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