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Europe: life after lockdown

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The Times

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🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This weekend Boris Johnson is expected to talk about the UK's exit strategy and outline the beginning of the end of lock down. But what can we learn from other European nations and their approach?


Guest: 

Oliver Moody, The Times Berlin Correspondent.


Host: Manveen Rana. 


Clips: Marco Meeßen.



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0:00.0

On Sunday Boris Johnson will set out a plan for how we exit lockdown.

0:08.0

In preparation, a little unit inside the Foreign Office has been looking at examples from across Europe of what works and what doesn't.

0:17.0

So what might our new normal look like?

0:20.0

I've seen masks that people have made with the colours of their football clubs.

0:25.0

One woman on the train wearing half a nappy that she'd sort of strung over her face.

0:29.0

Germany has been out of lockdown for a fortnight already. It's been held up as an example of a country that's coped well with the virus,

0:37.0

but how are they coping with freedom?

0:39.0

They've done a very good job of coordinating it, but it's all starting to fall apart a bit

0:45.8

is that the sort of peloton of lockdowns breaks up and lots of states are now making

0:50.0

individual dashes of freedom.

0:52.4

What can the UK learn from Germany?

0:55.0

And what will Europe look like when this is all over?

0:58.0

You're listening to stories of our times,

1:01.0

from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, Europe, life after lockdown. I'm Darren Brown. I've made a career out of learning the inner workings of a brilliantly messed up brains.

1:25.4

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1:30.1

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1:38.0

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1:46.5

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1:58.0

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2:02.0

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2:05.0

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