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The European Parliament’s largest party grouping is pressuring the UK to extend the Brexit transition period because of the coronavirus pandemic. The UK left the EU on January 31st, 2020, but remains in a transition period until December 31st, 2020.

Two economics experts have predicted that the Chinese coronavirus could lead to the end of the euro currency — and the potential end of the European Union itself.

The European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) has predicted that warmer temperatures this summer are unlikely to halt the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.

The Spanish government bought 640,000 EU-certified coronavirus tests from a Chinese company. They do not work.  

French National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen has claimed that the European Union was the first victim of coronavirus, citing a lack of solidarity in combatting the outbreak.

Scenes resembling the First World War are unfolding are unfolding on Europe’s frontier, with Greek border forces bathed in noxious fumes as Turkish police and, allegedly, Turkish-armed migrants bombard them with tear gas. 

Former populist French MP Marion Maréchal has slammed the European Union’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, saying the health crisis has shattered the bloc’s notion of solidarity.

Throughout the world, some 13,500 people have died from the coronavirus, with at least 313,000 confirmed infections. Europe is now considered by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be the epicentre of the virus, leading to economic and health crises across the continent.

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, urged bosses not to lay off workers in sectors largely closed down by the Chinese coronavirus outbreak sector, vowing to fund 80 per cent of workers’ pay if they put them on furlough instead.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to give additional cash to Turkey for migrants after the country opened the gates to Greece late last month.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that there will be no extension of the Brexit transition period because of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has self-isolated after being diagnosed with the Chinese coronavirus, making the chances of the presently suspended Brexit negotiations continuing in the near future more remote.

The Kremlin stated on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in peak physical condition, as evidenced by his heavy workload. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to confirm or deny whether Putin has been tested for the Wuhan coronavirus.

Italy had its highest daily coronavirus death toll yet, as 475 people have died in the last 24 hours, the total approaching the 3,000 mark.

A debate on coronavirus was adjourned mid-session after the Dutch minister for medical care collapsed while standing at the dispatch box.

The president of the European Commission admitted that leaders in the EU “underestimated” the scale of the coronavirus outbreak, as the bloc has closed its external borders to foreign travellers.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn´t. With its rundown facade, peeling walls and rooms crammed with metal beds, the downtown Belgrade clinic for infectious diseases

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times proclaimed the coronavirus potentially “the U.S. and China’s Chernobyl” in a column Wednesday accusing the world of “stigmatizing China” for lying about the origin and severity of the Wuhan outbreak, leading it to become a global pandemic.

The French PM warned that if the UK doesn’t enact stricter coronavirus measures, Britons will be banned from travelling to the country.

In Lithuania, the lorry line on the border to Poland stretched 60 kilometers (37 miles) long after Poland closed its border over Coronairus.

European companies are in talks with govts about pivoting from their usual product ranges to supplying medical equipment and consumables.

The president of the European Commission has recommended member states enact entry restrictions to the European Union for 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The conservative prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, called for “national unity” while announcing that the country will close its borders in response to the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the European Union.

The Islamic State has issued travel advice to supporters, telling would-be killers to avoid Europe during the coronavirus outbreak.

The European Union refused to fund border fencing between Greece and Turkey prior to both the current border crisis and the 2015-16 border crisis, denouncing it as “pointless”.

Spain has become the fourth most virus-infected country in the world, and closing its borders is a “real possibility” being considered.

The president of the European Commission called for borders to remain open within the EU’s Free Movement travel zone during the COVID-19 outbreak, as countries across the bloc enact border controls.

The European Union has said that the Greek government must allow migrants to apply for asylum, despite its rhetorical support for their efforts to prevent the Turkish government from facilitating a wave of illegal migration into Greece.

Three Turkish men have been sentenced for the killing of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose drowning was the catalyst for the 2015-16 migrant crisis. 

Spain took a major step Friday toward a similar lock-down to Italy as it struggles to ride the wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Saudi Arabia and a number of African states have imposed travel restrictions on Europe — and unlike the Trump administration do not appear to have attracted any accusations of racism for doing so. 

Italy has reacted with severity to the coronavirus which has so far killed over 1,000 in the nation, with lockdowns leaving streets empty.

The border between Greece and Turkey is becoming increasingly militarised, with heavily armed personnel from either side continuing to pour into the region as illegal migrants seek to punch through the European Union’s common external border with Turkish president’s blessing.

In-person negotiations between British and EU negotiatiors slated for London next week have been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.

A pair of Democrat senators offered rare praise of President Donald Trump’s plans to block travel from Europe to prevent additional coronavirus cases coming into the United States.

The Czech Republic has followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and banned the entry of foreigners from 13 countries that are considered high-risk coronavirus territories, including the United Kingdom, and has restricted borders with Austria and Germany.