"Today Europe is mobilising alongside Italy. The European Commission chief apologised to Italy for the lack of EU solidarity during the pandemic but stopped short of granting Rome's request for ' corona bonds'. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday she was "particularly concerned about the situation in Hungary," where Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been granted sweeping new powers.
As on Wednesday, it is the biggest daily increase in the UK so far.ġ4 EU states have signed a joint declaration warning of the danger of violations to the rule of law, AFP reports. In the UK, another 569 people died of coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,921. In Greece, authorities placed an entire refugee camp under quarantine Thursday after discovering that a third of the 63 contacts of an infected woman tested positive for the virus - and none showed symptoms. In the US new Labor Department figures showed that more than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week - doubling a record high set just a week earlier. "Only the strongest of responses will do," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels on Thursday. The aim of the scheme, called SURE, is to provide financial assistance to the 27 member states via loans from the EU. The European Union has designed a new programme to raise up to €100 billion to tackle surging unemployment brought on by the pandemic. The number of people out of work has risen far more sharply than happened during the financial crisis of 2008, Spanish media say.
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