Spain, France to Ease Virus Curbs as Europe Eyes Crisis Exit
- Leaders are eager to restart economies but wary of risk
- Germany’s contagion rate edges up, even as new cases decline
A police officer checks a pedestrian's paperwork outside a Banque Populaire bank branch during coronavirus lockdown in Toulouse, on April 27.
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Spain and France, two of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, are set to spell out plans to ease lockdowns as Europe moves to loosen restrictions despite concerns that such steps could backfire.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez plans to announce loosening measures after Tuesday’s weekly cabinet meeting, and France’s Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will present the government’s blueprint to the National Assembly.