23 April 2020
ECB's president Lagarde urges EU leaders to quickly set up strong and flexible recovery fund - Reuters reports, citing an EU official
- Warns EU leaders about the risk of doing too little and too late to shield the economy from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic
- Says that in a severe downturn scenario, Eurozone GDP can shrink as much as 15% this year, and that contraction can be 9% in middle scenario