Europe | So far, so good
The EU’s covid-19 recovery fund has changed how Europe spends money
But there are further tests to come
|BRUSSELS
The adage that Europe is forged in crisis may be about to acquire a refinement. By the time a response to any given crisis is operational, which takes a while in a 27-country bloc, there is a good chance that the crisis will be more or less over. But the response might well turn out to be just in time for the next one.
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