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1.媒體來源:
英國衛報

2.記者署名
Daniel Boffey in Brussels

3.完整新聞標題:
Italy criticises EU for being slow to help over coronavirus epidemic

4.完整新聞內文:
Italian ambassador says Brussels has to ‘go beyond engagement and
consultations’

The Italian government has accused the EU and its member states of being slow
in coming to the country’s aid over the coronavirus epidemic.

As leaders held a summit by videoconference and agreed that up to 70% of
Europeans could be infected by Covid-19, Italy’s ambassador to the EU
complained of a lack of solidarity among member states.

Maurizio Massari said Brussels needed to “go beyond engagement and
consultations” and devise “emergency actions that are quick, concrete and
effective”.

A flashpoint has been the failure of member states to respond to a call by
Italy for extra supplies of medical equipment, including masks.

Germany and France are among the EU countries to have imposed limits on the
export of protective medical equipment, while China has offered to sell Italy 1
,000 lung ventilators, 2m masks, 20,000 protective suits and 50,000 swabs for
coronavirus tests.

“We must ensure, under EU coordination, the supply of the necessary medical
equipment and its redistribution among those countries and regions most in need
,” Massari wrote on Politico’s website.

“Today, this means Italy; tomorrow, the need could be elsewhere. Italy has
already asked to activate the European Union mechanism of civil protection for
the supply of medical equipment for individual protection. But unfortunately
not a single EU country responded to the commission’s call. Only China
responded bilaterally. Certainly this is not a good sign of European solidarity
”

During a two-and-a-half-hour “e-summit” on Monday evening, EU leaders vowed
to increase coordination and release funds of up to €25bn (￡22bn).

The commission will make €7.5bn available, which could trigger co-funding by
national governments of €17.5- €18bn.

The EU will also be flexible in the implementation of its rules on state aid to
 allow governments to subsidise industry where required.

The European council’s president, Charles Michel, said member states had
agreed they would “stand ready to make use of all instruments that are
necessary” in order to tackle four priorities: limiting the spread of the
virus, ensuring supplies of medical equipment, promoting research on vaccines
and treatment, and handling the economic fallout.

He said the European commission would purchase personal protective equipment to
 supply to member states.

“It must be ensured that the internal market functions properly and any
unjustified obstacles are avoided,” he said. “Particular attention must be
given to masks and respirators.”

However, the bloc failed to agree on a co-ordinated fiscal stimulus beyond the
use of piecemeal national funds to support their healthcare systems and
economies.

Asked whether the decision by Austria and Slovenia to close their borders to
Italy was a proportionate response, the European commission president, Ursula
von der Leyen, said home affairs ministers would in future have daily calls to
ensure that all the steps taken were appropriate.

Following a phone call on Wednesday afternoon, the Italian prime minister
Giuseppe Conte issued a joint statement with von der Leyen calling for “any
restrictive measure by member states to be first discussed at the European
level, so that vital supplies go where they are needed most, the internal
market functions properly and any unjustified obstacle is avoided”.

Amid criticism of the EU’s lack of solidarity with Italy, the statement also
emphasised that the country was at the “forefront” of the crisis and that
there would be further coordination with the 26 other member states as the
epidemic was formally described as a pandemic by the WHO.

Speaking after the discussion with other leaders, Bulgaria’s prime minister,
Boyko Borissov, spoke of his concern at the lethargic response to the epidemic.

He posted on Facebook: “Today at the videoconference with my European council
colleagues, specialist analyses were quoted that said that coronavirus would
affect more than 70% of Europe’s population.”

5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://reurl.cc/exxaGM

6.備註:

內容大約是義大利駐歐盟大使Maurizio Massari指責歐盟成員國援助步伐緩慢
並說歐盟領導人們認為70%歐洲人可能感染，卻依然不團結

義大利對歐盟成員國發出需要援助的呼籲

「結果卻只有中國回應並提議協助」

這可不是歐洲團結的好兆頭

不過報導後續有提到

周一晚上的歐盟線上高峰會當中
歐盟領導人誓言將協調釋放250億歐元的資金及提供各種協助方式

但是實行細節尚未達成共識


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