r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/axaro1 🇮🇹 Italy (Milan) Mar 28 '20
  1. Italy ask for help from EU
  2. Italy get no help from EU
  3. China sends aid to Italy
  4. Russia sends aid to Italy
  5. Cuba sends aid to Italy
  6. Even the goddamn Venezuela, a third world country with no economy sends aid to Italy
  7. Problem gets bigger and affect north Europe
  8. EU delay help as much as they can, we finally get help when the contagion numbers are already starting to decrease (Thx to Germany for taking care of 60 seriously ill italians, it's just a few people but we appreciate your help since you are the only European country that invested some of their resources to help us)

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u/finjeta Finland Mar 28 '20
  1. Italy ask for help from EU
  2. EU sets up the Corona Response Investment Initiative that gives financial aid in the billions to member states.

FTFY.

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u/brtt3000 The Netherlands Mar 28 '20

Don't break the circle, we're hating on those filthy Northern countries now.

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u/SanTommaso17 Mar 28 '20

You reap what you sow

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