Lockdown easing: have other leaders fared better than Boris Johnson?
Guardian writers report on how various European countries have managed the process
Boris Johnson has been heavily criticised for failing to show Britain a clear route out of lockdown. Easing a nation out of two months of confinement is a complicated business, and some degree of confusion is almost inevitable. Here, Guardian correspondents look at how other European leaders have managed the process.
Spain's lockdown exit strategy - known formally as the Plan for the Transition Towards the New Normality - was outlined by the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, during a televised press conference on the evening of 28 April. Sanchez said the country's four-phase de-escalation initiative would be gradual and asymmetric", adding that the first stage - dubbed phase 0 - would come into effect on 4 May.
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