Hello I'm Johnny Diamond in Broadcasting House in London and welcome to this special recording of world questions coming to you from across Europe with a panel of experts and questions from listeners gathered from across the continent with the help of our partners,

the British Council, our sole topic, the coronavirus pandemic.

What can Europe do now to try to slow down the pandemic that has killed so many?

How should this wealthy continent balance the needs of its economies

with the need to save lives.

Are those who are vulnerable being properly protected?

Do individual human rights matter in a time of such urgent crisis?

And if so, which ones. To debate these pressing issues and

many more I'm joined by Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization in Geneva.

Margaret spent the last nine months helping fight Ebola in the Democratic

Republic of Congo, so she has truly been on the front line. Welcome to her.

Natalie Tocce is in Rome. she's a political analyst and the director of the Institute of International Affairs.

She's been in lockdown for five weeks now.

Hello, Natalie.

Dunia Miatovich is the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe.

She joins us from Strasbourg. Welcome to you, Dunia.

Hello.

Denai Kiryakopolo is an economist from the independent research group the official monetary and financial institutions forum.

Hello Denai.

Hello.

And Richard Horton is the editor in chief of the Lancet, one of the world's oldest and best-known medical journals.

He's also in London.

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