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Reuters - Merkel open to bigger EU budget, bonds to finance post-crisis recovery

Lucas Guttenberg emphasises on the significance of Chancellor Merkel's openness for additional EU debt instruments during Coronavirus Pandemic.

Trade policy in multilevel government

In a new book, Christian Freudlsperger examines how multilevel polities organise openness in a globalising economy.

Corona-related border controls impair labour mobility: Which countries are most affected?

Armchair Europe - A Virtual Tour Through Europe

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Germany needs to lead push for European solidarity in crisis

To face the coronavirus fallout, Germany can't just play the model student, writes Henrik Enderlein in Der Spiegel.

Polls underline Delors' stark warning regarding lack of European solidarity. More needs to be done.

taz - Economist on corona bonds: 440 billion euros in 12 months

The EU must issue a corona bond, urges economist Lucas Guttenberg. The money could be used as a subsidy to Italian clinics, for example.

Can Europe remain a united front in the battle against the coronavirus?

In New York Magazine, Anke Hassel and Lucas Guttenberg weigh in on potential consequences for the European Union in facing the pandemic.

Europe faces a problem of misinformation concerning the novel coronavirus

Intelligencer - Will the Coronavirus Tear Europe Apart?

Despite much cross-border solidarity, national interests seem to prevail during the Corona crises. This crises affects some more than others: "it’s a symmetric shock with very asymmetric effects", states Deputy Director Lucas Guttenberg.

Coronavirus pandemic infects Europe with 'germ of division'

The European Union is facing a "mortal blow" due to coronavirus, former European Commission President Jacques Delors has warned.

New Statesman - The crisis trap: why the EU must not sideline democracy as it tackles coronavirus

History shows that when leaders are forced to take emergency action, power tends to be relocated to small and opaque groups says our Visitng Fellow Jonathan White.