Today we held the first meeting in the COVID-19 and Debt Scientific Group. The meeting was held online to ensure that none would unecessarily have to travel far an risk getting infected by COVID-19. The many people who participated came from 12 different countries all across Europe, the participants all works with research on a daily basis and we learned a lot about the work that is being done on a scientific level across the countries that participated. We also heard about the situation in each country and about some of the most important policy measures taken by local and national governments.