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Covid-19 and the EU: 'When Italy cried for help there was silence'
Today in Focus
English - July 24, 2020 02:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 649 ratingsDaily News News politics leadership health entrepreneurship news interview business entrepreneur culture comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When coronavirus swept through the European Union, member states called on Brussels to help. But as Daniel Boffey in partnership with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism discovered, the distress calls too often went unanswered. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus