No more red lines left to cross: The Hungarian government’s emergency measures
The Hungarian government now has a great deal of flexibility to rule as it sees fit, provided that it portrays its actions as being in the interests of crisis management
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Our finest hour
Over the coming weeks, much will be at stake collectively, and for some of us also individually. Today, uncertainty about what the post-pandemic world will look like is rife, but we do know it will be built upon the words and deeds we choose now.
After the pandemic: Why Europe must restore its economic and social safety margins
A pandemic is reminding us that we often distribute rewards in our society in inverse proportion to real social usefulness.
Leadership in a time of contagion
Although the covid-19 pandemic has been compared to the 2008 financial crisis, the two episodes are quite different, not least in their cast of leading characters. Unlike the previous generation, today’s European leaders have been shaped by a decade of austerity, refugee crises, and America's denouement as a global hegemon
Pulling through the coronavirus together: European and international solutions to the pandemic
European governments can only defend their citizens effectively if they cooperate at a European level and reinforce multilateral structures based on openness and information sharing
Digital dilemmas: European regulation and the internet
The internet fundamentally tests the ways in which governments approach regulation
Serbia’s coronavirus diplomacy unmasked
The Serbian president has exploited the EU’s internal divisions to insult the bloc and legitimise his policies, as well as his courtship of authoritarian partners.
Mother of all problems: The return of crisis manager Merkel
German decision-makers must now bear in mind not only their country’s well-being but also that of the entire EU
How Brussels could get crisis management right this time
The EU got it wrong in the financial crisis – and paid a heavy price. But this time could be different
Seven early lessons from the coronavirus
The Covid-19 crisis will dramatically reshape the EU’s response to all other crises it has faced in the last decade