DISINFO: The myth about "European unity" is destroyed; only "Bad guys" like China and Cuba offer help with the coronavirus
SUMMARY
The virus outbreak became a useful pretext for a further regionalization of the world that breaks into seprated economic political clusters. The myth about the ‘European unity’ as well as the ‘Euro-Atlantic’ one is destroyed. All states are fighting the crisis almost alone. Only so-called “bad guys” like China, Venezuela or Cuba are offering their help to other states. Governments are strengthening surveillance and security measures limiting freedoms of citizens.
RESPONSE
An unfounded claim. The European Union is taking steps to cushion the blow of the pandemic to people’s livelihoods and the economy. The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive economic response to the outbreak applied the full flexibility of the EU fiscal rules, has revised its State Aid rules and set up a EUR 37 billion Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative to provide liquidity to small businesses and the health care sector. Read more about the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic here. US has sent medical aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina over the coronavirus. Numerous countries around the world have adopted measures of quarantine and social distancing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. See related pro-Kremlin disinformation cases about the coronavirus.