The paper discusses the most noteworthy measures taken or yet to be taken by the EU to combat the coronavirus crisis …. Basically, the measures fall into four categories: (i) flexible application of EU rules that could hinder member states in their … strenuous efforts to save their national economies; (ii) a financial support package put in place by the EU itself, (iii …

on the lending markets in the five major EU countries as well as, for comparison, the UK, the US and Japan. Bearing the …, whereas overall loan markets in Germany and Spain were among the best competitive in the EU. The Netherlands occupied a more …