The EU has bungled its response to coronavirus and it might never fully recover | Analysis by lukemcgee
The European Union began this year reinvigorated, having seen off the threat of Brexit with a unity of purpose that typically eludes it when faced with such existential challenges. Its new leadership team, under Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, was fired up with a vision for the EU as a global leader in climate sustainability and democratic standards.What a difference a few months and a global pandemic make.
Eventually, the commission convinced states to agree that medical equipment and foods should pass through borders via priority lanes for essential items. However, the fact that some of those borders are still closed to citizens is a major issue for a union of nations that boasts total freedom of movement as one of its cornerstones. This week, member states have been at at loggerheads over how to cope with the savage economic storm caused by coronavirus.
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