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League of nations: the race out of lockdown

Lifting lockdown is a worldwide experiment

16 May 2020

9:00 AM

16 May 2020

9:00 AM

Uppsala

Last week, Europe started its liberation from lockdown — and it all feels like a study in national political identity. Belgium took its first step towards ‘deconfinement’ but no one seems exactly sure what that means. France is opting for complexity rather than simplicity. Italy’s national plan for the easing of its lockdown is more convoluted still, but few regions bother to follow it anyway.

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