News Exercise #325

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1. Why did Italy not lockdown earlier?
2. What does Conte believe the EU’s responsibility to be?
3. Mark Lowen said that Italy is pushing for something. What is it, and why has it not happened yet?
4. What has a german newspaper said that angered Italy?

Answers:
1. Why did Italy not lockdown earlier?
Italy doesn’t have the same kind of ability to restrict citizens’ freedom as china does, and if he had proposed a lockdown at first people would have called him a madman.
2. What does Conte believe the EU’s responsibility to be?
He feels that if the EU doesn’t come up with a monetary and financial policy at this biggest challenge since the Second World War, then all EU citizens will be deeply disappointed.
3. Mark Lowen said that Italy is pushing for something. What is it, and why has it not happened yet?
They want the issuing of so-called Corona Bonds, a sharing of debt throughout the EU, but the Netherlands is blocking it.
4. What has a german newspaper said that angered Italy?
It said that the Italian Mafia would make the most of the money coming from the EU.