EU apologises to Italy, which left it alone in the fight against corruption

“Yes, it is true that no one has been prepared for this”, she said before the European Parliament on Thursday.

It is also true that many of us have not been near Italy to extend our hand altogether at first. So yes, for that, Europe as a whole has to offer deep apology”.

According to Johns Hopkins University data, more than 21,000 people have died in Italy, mostly across Europe.

By the time Italy fought the outbreak of the virus early in March, France and Germany had imposed restrictions on the export of facial masks despite warnings from the European Commission that such actions could undermine the collective response to the Devid-19 disease, which causes Coronavirus.