Over EUR 6bn pledged for anti-coronavirus measures

With the first stimulus package, passed in parliament on 2 April, the government wanted to prevent the situation from worsening at the outbreak of the epidemic.

It took measures worth around EUR 3 billion to help companies and households, and at the end of April made some corrections to cover more groups.

The centrepiece of the first emergency law were subsidies for idled workers corresponding to 80% of their wage plus payment of social security contributions.

The same measure applied to parents who stay at home because they have no daycare for their children as kindergartens and schools closed on 16 March.

The state also pays pension contributions for those who work during the epidemic, tasking employers to pay a EUR 200 crisis bonus to workers whose pay is below three minimum wages.

The law also brought a special bonus for public sector...