The coronavirus crisis - a make-or-break moment for the European Union.
With insights from @EnricoLetta @NathalieTocci
@LuukvMiddelaar @HeatherGrabbe
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
With insights from @EnricoLetta @NathalieTocci
@LuukvMiddelaar @HeatherGrabbe
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
“The communitarian spirit of Europe is weaker today than ten years ago and the EU’s biggest danger is “the Trump virus” . If everyone goes for ‘my-country first’ “we will all sink together” @EnricoLetta
If European leaders mishandle coronavirus “this really risks being the end of the union” said @NathalieTocci but moving to “cool-headed technical” terrain could help break polarisation.
"The EU is internally ill-equipped to deal with any crisis or unforeseen circumstances, and yet each time under the pressure of events it improvises solutions, with awful acronyms and v often the prefix ad-hoc” @LuukvMiddelaar
And @HeatherGrabbe on declining trust among EU leaders. And how Viktor Orbán chose his political moment: “He has often done this before when politicians in other countries are distracted. He introduces new measures and waits for the fuss to die down.”
