<story><title>Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51810673</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>paganel</author><text>I hope (and suspect) that the ECB (and Europe as a whole) will financially stand behind Italy, no questions asked (I&amp;#x27;m a fellow European).</text></item><item><author>fosk</author><text>Italy is a country of 60M+ people and the 8th largest economy in the world, with a very high national debt and that significantly relies on tourism for its economy. Above and beyond the Coronavirus, this can terribly affect the long-term solvency of the country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zelphirkalt</author><text>As the EU is mostly only its parts and everyone now in alert, I highly doubt it. Everyone is keeping their medical items to themselves now, because there is not even sufficient for their own country. EU will mostly be talk.</text></comment>
<story><title>Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51810673</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>paganel</author><text>I hope (and suspect) that the ECB (and Europe as a whole) will financially stand behind Italy, no questions asked (I&amp;#x27;m a fellow European).</text></item><item><author>fosk</author><text>Italy is a country of 60M+ people and the 8th largest economy in the world, with a very high national debt and that significantly relies on tourism for its economy. Above and beyond the Coronavirus, this can terribly affect the long-term solvency of the country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>luckydata</author><text>Allow me to doubt this until I see it become reality. The European government has been less than helpful to Italy throughout its history.</text></comment>