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14 April 2020updated 06 Oct 2020 9:45am

How European mayors are tackling economic crises in their cities

By Samuel Horti

Courtney Fingar, FDI editor at New Statesman Media Group, has spoken to the mayors of Kraków, Bilbao, Florence and other European cities for a CityMetric piece about the aftermath of their city’s lockdowns. 

“As city leaders, mayors across Europe find themselves at the sharp edge of the coronavirus crisis: directly responsible for the health of their local economies, yet with varying degrees of autonomy and authority,” Courtney writes. How are they handling the crisis?

Read the full article here.

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