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Germany has a lot on its plate during the EU Council presidency

The German EU presidency will have to deal with the corona crisis, strengthen the EU budget and listen carefully to citizens

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Europe's emotional desert

Brexit and the EU's response to Italy's corona crisis expose the lack of proximity between citizens and the EU

By Laura Parker

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If not end European austerity now, when?

A European recovery must break with the austerity dogma. The alternative is to slip back into small-state mentality

By Joachim Schuster

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How Fidesz and PiS exploit the culture war

They are pushing polarising agendas and devastating socio-economic policies. EU elites only seem to care about the former

By Eszter Kováts and Elena Zacharenko

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Corona in 5G

A lesson to be learnt from the current crisis is that Europe needs to avoid being dependent in sensitive areas of production

By Jens Zimmermann

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Turn the EU into a real community of solidarity

Coronabonds and the ESM alone aren't adequate responses to Covid-19. The EU needs to become a community of solidarity

By Martin Schulz

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Viktor Orbán's Social Darwinism

Orbán's rule by decree isn't just an opportune power grab. It should help sustain his socio-economic model during a crisis

By Kristóf Szombati

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Defending European liberal democracy in times of crisis

The EU must tackle Covid-19 and defend liberal democracy at the same time — if necessary with financial sanctions

By Katarina Barley

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The long road to Brussels

The EU will finally start accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. But Covid-19 may thwart quick progress

By Santa Argirova and Lufti Dervishi

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‘Coronabonds’ and Europe’s north-south divide

The Eurogroup’s decision to reject coronabonds will leave destabilising political scars across the European Union