The confusion at the heart of Brussels was made clear in the European Commission's roadmap document published yesterday which sets out a strategy for lifting containment measures. This warns of a "lack of coordination" which had the potential to have "negative effects" for all members of the EU27. The general perception has been that the EU was caught flat-footed by the sheer pace at which the disease has spread across the world, with Mauro Ferrari, President of the European Research Council and the bloc's science chief, resigning last month in protest.