The EU responded rather quickly to this crisis in comparison to others
Media mentions – German foreign policy leadership
Successes are nationalized, failures are Europeanized
The European model, where you have free markets but with a huge state framework…you can definitely say this crisis shows the benefits of that approach
That Merkel accepts this way forward is a good sign for a higher EU budget, a sign for support of the EU Commission, and a signal to France and Italy
Many felt as if they were reliving what happened at the time of the euro-crisis or the refugee crisis: a selfish Germany, insensitive to the problems of other European countries and, above all, concerned only with its own interests
Piotr Buras & Jonathan Hackenbroich answer to the criticism the EU crisis management receives.