Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

As the COVID-19 crisis continues, one way to raise cash and support the whole of Europe

might be to issue debt backed by the whole of Europe.

But the idea of such corona bonds is meeting resistance that started long before the coronavirus.

And, although much of the world's cocoa comes from Africa, very little chocolate is actually made there.

That's changing, thanks to a sweet partnership between one of the world's most biodiverse national parks and a bad boy Belgian chocolatier.

First up, though.

Easter, for many a time to come together was a lonelier affair this year, as much of the world remains on lockdown because of COVID-19.

In her first ever Easter address, Britain's Queen reassured those who remained apart.

This year, Easter will be different for many of us.

But by keeping apart, we keep others safe.

But Easter isn't cancelled.

Indeed, we need Easter as much as ever.

Pope Francis, delivering a virtual message from an eerily empty Vatican,

prayed for the victims of the disease.

Yet even as much of the world remains in a suspended state, in Europe, there are small moves back towards normality this week. Spain is allowing some non-essential workers to return,

and Italy will allow some shops to reopen. Other countries, such as the Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, and Norway, are also considering

lifting some measures, including sending children back to school.

The question is, as the Pope put it this morning, how to find the right way out of the crisis.

Let us pray together, he tweeted, for government leaders, scientists, and politicians who are beginning to study a way out of the crisis. Let us pray together, he tweeted, for government leaders, scientists, and politicians

who were beginning to study a way out of the pandemic,

though its aftermath has already begun.

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