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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.

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.

COVID-19 and the European Central Bank

Mark Dawson and Ana Bobić: Will the legal foundations of the European Monetary Union be the next victim?

CEPR e-book: Four phases, four responses to coronavirus economic fallout

Jean Pisani-Ferry and co-authors outline how the EU’s response should unfold in the coming months.

Verfassungsblog: Coronavirus emergency measures and Germany’s Basic Law

Pierre Thielboerger reflects on government emergency measures in the constitutional context.

Is there space for populism in EU law?

In the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Mark Dawson offers ways to understand the relationship between EU law and populism.

When national politics spill over into EU decision-making

Christine Reh co-edits issue of the Journal of European Public Policy on EU responses to politicisation and Euroscepticism.

Offering a sign of political responsibility

The EU has the power to solve the border crisis with Turkey, Lucas Rasche of the Jacques Delors Centre writes in Die Zeit.

The EU budget: A radical approach to European public goods

On Project Syndicate, Jean Pisani-Ferry proposes a new approach to budget negotiations to shift focus toward big EU priorities.

No strong Europe on the cheap, writes Lucas Guttenberg in the Süddeutsche Zeitung

The EU needs financing heft and flexibility in its next long-term budget to take on big global problems.

Hertie School hosts discussion with French President Emmanuel Macron at Munich Security Conference

French President and high-level German delegation discuss current political and economic challenges in the EU.

Clash of the Wests

Tobias Bunde writes in the Tagesspiegel that a new anti-West has risen to “defend” and redefine the West.