Already within Europe, national governments have set up barriers where there were none, halting travelers and blocking medical supplies from going to other countries. “The coronavirus could … become a tool in Europe’s wider, and gloomier, political battle over migration,” wrote Pawel Zerka of the European Council on Foreign Relations. The recent, highly symbolic Chinese shipments of medical supplies — as well as the arrival of Chinese medical experts — to a desperate Italy seemed to underscore the helplessness of the continent. this weekend imposed a bloc-wide export ban on equipment such as masks and gowns to protect medical workers,” reported my colleague Michael Birnbaum. European solidarity does not exist,” Vucic said.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2020 03:56 UTC