Prognosis
Europe Tiptoes Toward New Normal as Spain Keeps Schools Shut
- French premier warns the country needs to walk a ‘fine line’
- Delicate balance being struck between safety and reopening
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Europe took another step toward life after lockdown as France, Spain and Greece unveiled details of how they plan to emerge from the coronavirus and cautiously restart economies crippled by the pandemic.
In Paris, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced plans to reopen stores starting on May 11. Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez said he aims to remove most restrictions on daily life and return to a “new normality” over the next eight weeks. Schools in Spain, though, will remain closed until September.